When Irial Lee Wood was born on February 2, 1923, in Georgia, his father, Tyrie, was 36 and his mother, Bulah, was 34. He had eight brothers and three sisters. He died on September 17, 1944, serving in World War II, at the age of 21, and was buried in Commerce, Georgia.
Sources
1930 United States Federal Census. Year: 1930; Census Place: Elfers, Pasco, Florida; Roll: 327; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 23; Image: 927.0; FHL microfilm: 2340062.
1940 United States Federal Census. Year: 1940; Census Place: Deens, Appling, Georgia; Roll: T627_636; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 1-12.
World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel, 1946 Page 6
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Irial by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Irial: