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Headstone of Joseph Eugene Wood
Headstone of Joseph Eugene Wood
U.S. Army Air Forces · United States United States

Joseph Eugene Wood

1921 – 1944
Distinguished Flying CrossPurple HeartAir Medal5

Second Lieutenant Joseph Eugene Wood served in the U.S. Army Air Forces. Joseph served in World War II.

What Happened

Joseph E. Wood worked as a dental assistant. | | He joined the National Guard in Miami, Florida, on 25 November 1940. | | According to the Statement of 1st Lt John G. Treitz, who participated in the mission, after an attack on an airfield, northeast of Bonn, Germany, they were coming out the coast at very low altitude at Noord Beveland. Some reported on the radio that Lt Hurlburt and Lt Wood were hit by flak. Lt Wood's plane had a small fire on the wing root and fuselage, and Lt Hurlburt's plane was smoking badly. They both turned to the right, back towards land, just as the group was leaving the coast. | | Both pilots are commemorated on the Walls of the Missing at Margraten.

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Service Record
U.S. Army Air Forces became the U.S. Air Force in 1947
Awards & Decorations 3
Burial Information
Cemetery Netherlands American Cemetery
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Joseph Eugene Wood
Second Lieutenant
U.S. Army Air Forces
351st Fighter Squadron
Second Lieutenant
Distinguished Flying Cross Purple Heart Air Medal5

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