Name:
Robert Hancock, Jr. Wood
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
Unit:
3rd Aviation Instruction Center
Date of Death:
1918-08-13
State:
Virginia
Cemetery:
St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France
Plot:
A
Row:
4
Grave:
27
Decoration:
Comments:
Robert Hancock Wood, Jr. was born in August 1897, in Albemarle County, Virginia. He served in the 3rd Aviation Instruction Center as a First Lieutenant during World War I. He was killed in an airplane accident in France on August 13, 1918, and is now buried in the St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France. 1Lt Wood was one of the 171 American servicemen who trained at the Third Aviation Instruction Center in France and died between 1917-1919.