DOB/DOD: October 13, 1921 (Norwalk, CT) – October 10, 1943; 21 years old
MARITAL STATUS: Unmarried
LOCAL ADDRESS: 5 Hawkins Avenue
ENLISTMENT: April 6, 1942
SERVICE NUMBER: 31104593
UNIT: 726th Bomber Squadron, 451st Bomber Group, Fairmont Army Air Base, Nebraska
FAMILY: Born to Charles R. Sr. (1892-1927) and Hazel R. La Croix Wood (1894-1985). One brother, Charles R. Jr. (1917-1999). Two sisters, Elsie R. (1919-2001) and Harriet M. Wood Tarsia (1924-2003).
CIRCUMSTANCES: Flight Engineer aboard B-24H Liberator #41-29181. While en route to the Santon Bombing Range, his airplane crashed due to a structural failure five miles southwest of Wayne, Nebraska.
From the Lincoln Star (Nebraska), October 12, 1943
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Oct. 12 – (AP) Names of men aboard an army heavy bomber from the Fairmont (Nebraska) air base when it crashed and burned near Wayne, Nebraska, Sunday, killing the entire crew, were announced last night by the Sioux City air base. The victims were 2nd Lt Cecil C. Burr, New Haven; 2nd Lt Melecio Melvin Apodaca, Los Angeles; 2nd Lt William Earl Harnish, Jamestown, New York; Staff Sgt Alfred C. Dublin, Las Cruces, New Mexico; Sgt Wilfred Francis Wood, Norwalk, Connecticut; Sgt Paul Kukowski, Binghamton, New York.
Sergeant Wood is buried in Riverside Cemetery, 81 Riverside Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut; Section 11, Grave 79. Photo by webmaster.
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