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Col John Shirley Wood Jr.

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Col John Shirley Wood Jr.

Birth
Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
8 Jul 2004 (aged 84)
Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA
Burial
San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA Add to Map
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Section CBCC, Row 2, Site 120
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January 1943 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Commissioned in the Field Artillery, he served with the OSS in London and then in France, Belgium and Germany during World War II. Landed on Omaha Red Beach on D-Day. Coordinated French Resistance operations against the Germans in Normandy, Brittany, Northern France and into Belgium. Extracted from information orginally published in January 1943 50th Anniversary Yearbook and the Nationwide Gravelocator Site.
January 1943 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Commissioned in the Field Artillery, he served with the OSS in London and then in France, Belgium and Germany during World War II. Landed on Omaha Red Beach on D-Day. Coordinated French Resistance operations against the Germans in Normandy, Brittany, Northern France and into Belgium. Extracted from information orginally published in January 1943 50th Anniversary Yearbook and the Nationwide Gravelocator Site.

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  • Created by: Paula and Dale
  • Added: Dec 13, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12678072/john_shirley-wood: accessed ), memorial page for Col John Shirley Wood Jr. (23 Feb 1920–8 Jul 2004), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12678072, citing Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA; Maintained by Paula and Dale (contributor 46489742).