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Roy A. Wood

Roy A. Wood

Died: January 9, 2004

Rank: Sergeant

Unit: C Company, 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, Florida Army National Guard

Branch: U.S. Army

Sergeant Roy Alvin Wood died on January 9, 2004, when the vehicle he was travel­ing in near Kabul, Afghanistan, hit another vehicle as it was returning in convoy from Qalat to Bagram Air Base. He was evacuated to a combat support hospital at Bagram Air Base, where he succumbed to his wounds. Wood was assigned to C Company, 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, Army National Guard, based in Starke, Florida in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He was buried in the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Milledgeville, Georgia, on January 20, 2004.

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