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New York
Year of Birth 1923
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Marine PFC Edward Henry Wood.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Syracuse
Last Address 132 W. Castle Street, Syracuse, New York
Casualty Date Jan 31, 1944
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Marshall Islands
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Onondaga Valley Cemetery - Syracuse, New York
Wall/Plot Coordinates Section 8 Site 165
Military Service Number 428 739
From Month/Year April / 1943
To Month/Year January / 1944
Unit H&S Co Unit Page
Rank Private 1st Class
MOS 776-Radio Operator (Slow Speed)
Base, Station or City Mellu [Ivan] Island, Kwajalein AtollState/Country Marshall Islands
Last Updated: Jan 3, 2023
Other Memories HQ Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, Reinforced, FMFTC, Camp Lejeune, New River, NC
Apr 1943 PFC, HqCo, 1stBn, 25thMar, Rein, FMFTC, Camp Lejeune, New River, NC “20Aug42; 30, jdfr HqCo, 1stBn, 23rdMar, Post”
Jul 1943 PFC, HqCo, 1stBn, 25thMar, Rein, FMF, Camp Lejeune, New River, NC “(CP) RadOp; 26-31, fur”
HQ Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division, FMF, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA
Oct 1943 PFC, HqCo, 1stBn, 25thMar, 4thMarDiv, FMF, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA “(CP) RadOp”
Jan 1944 PFC, HqCo, 1stBn, 25thMar, 4thMarDiv, FMF, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA "(CP)675; RadioOper; 10, emb aboard USS WARREN at San Diego, Calif.; 13, sailed therefrom; 13-30, at sea enroute; 31, disemb and participated in battle of Kwajalein Atoll, N. Sector, Marshall Islands; 31, Died of wounds, rcvd in action; GO20 does not apply; Char Exc; Remains interred in Grave #5, Ivan Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands"