Polk County

 
Cpl. Clifton Wood

 

 

 

 

Among Iowa servicemen brought together at “The Last Resort,” Red Cross service club in Egypt, by Club Director Nels Quam of Randall, Ia., were Tech. Sergt. Bud J. Sonderleiter (left) and Corp. Clifton Wood, who were next door neighbors in Des Moines before entering the service.

Source: Des Moines Tribune, Tuesday, January 2, 1945 (photo included)

Clifton Eugene Wood was born Oct. 30, 1924 to Leroy and Grace Campfield Wood. He died Feb. 19, 2016 and is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum, Milwaukee, WI. Clifton served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com