courtesy of Kathy Straley |
Edwin was drafted in November 1942. After his initial training PVT Mood was sent to the European theater. On 22 Jun 1944 he was transferred from the replacement depot to G Company 116th Infantry. Edwin was promoted to PFC on 24 Jul 1944. PFC Mood was promoted again on 19 Aug 1944 to SSG to serve as a squad leader. SSG Mood was wounded on 3 Sep 1944 and evacuated but died of his wound(s) on that same day.
SSG Mood was repatriated in 1943 and re-interred in Greenwood Cemetery in Trenton, New Jersey.
Grandfather, Byron Mood, served as a PVT in I Troop 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry and I Company 3rd U.S. Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. Grandfather Ananias Transue served as a PVT in G Company 142 Pennsylvania Infantry in the Civil War. Great-great grandfather Elias Transue and his father (Edwin's great-great-great grandfather), Johann Abraham Transue served together in CPT Wagner's Company, 4th Battalion, Northampton County Militia.
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