Always Remember Those Who Gave All: MC WW2 Gold Stars and MIA Survivors

Leonard Lees Wood (1921-1944)

MC Class: ex-1943

Years at MC: 1939-1940 (Freshman)

Hometown: Birmingham, AL

Life at MC: Unknown

Military Branch: US Army Air Forces

Military Unit: 325th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomber Group (Heavy)

Rank: 1st Lieutenant (Co-Pilot)

Medals Awarded: Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart

Date Missing: 25 August 1944

Date of Death: 25 August 1944

Location of Death: Baltic Sea

Circumstances of Death: His B-17 was shot down by Germans over the Baltic Sea.

Burial/Memorial Information: Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56295704/leonard-l-wood and https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/wood%3Dleonard-1)

Additional Information: Additional photographs and information is available on his Findagrave.com entry.