Fred Douglas Wood Jr (1925 - 2005)

Born 5 Nov 1925 in Colfax, New Mexico, United States

Ancestors

Died 14 Dec 2005 at age 80 in Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico, United States

Biography

Fred was born in 1925. He was the son of Fred Wood and Ruth Langston.

"Fred has been an Alamogordo resident since 1968 and he was a member of Grace United Methodist Church. He married Carol Ann Wilson Jan. 3, 1948, in Texas. Fred worked for the State of New Mexico as a Program Manager in the Environmental Office. He served in World War II and Korea in the U.S. Navy.^[1] He was also a Captain in the U.S. Naval Reserve. Fred was active in the Alamogordo Science Fair and the Boy Scouts, Troop 147, receiving a Silver Beaver Award."^[2]

He passed away in 2005.

Sources

1. ↑ "U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949", database w/images (https://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 1 Aug 2019) National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, United States; Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1949; Record Group: 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798 - 2007; Series ARC ID: 594996; Series MLR Number: A1 135 Ship S Solace 1945
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 November 2020), memorial page for Fred Douglas Wood Jr. (5 Nov 1925–14 Dec 2005), Find A Grave: Memorial #12780363, citing Fairmont Cemetery, Raton, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA ; Maintained by Kenneth D. Bogard (contributor 46562702) .

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH1B-JGF : accessed 2 August 2019), Fred D Wood, Raton, Colfax, New Mexico, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 3A, line 7, family 64, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1393; FHL microfilm 2,341,128.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMR7-XL9 : 27 July 2019), Fred D Wood, Ward 2, Raton, Election Precinct 6 Raton, Colfax, New Mexico, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 4-11, sheet 3A, line 20, family 60, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2441.
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJV5-W4VN : 16 May 2014), Jr Fred D Wood, Residence, Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V915-3TT : 20 May 2014), Fred D Wood, 14 Dec 2005; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• Honeyfield, Harold R. Fairmont Cemetery, Raton, Colfax Co., New Mexico : a listing of burials as of Aug. 2007 (H.R. Honeyfield, Davis, California 2007)
• Monumental inscription. United States of America. Fairmont Cemetery, Raton, Colfax, New Mexico. 2005. (b. 1925) WOOD, Fred Douglas Jr. GPS: 36.903570, -104.429200. Photographed by: Azure Rae Robinson: taken 17 Jul 2019.