Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameJames Woodrow “Woody” Wells 
Birth5 Mar 1917, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
Census2 Apr 1940, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
Memoroll#1124, pg 1
Death1 Apr 1945, Herzfeld, Germany
Burial26 Jan 1949, Crown Hill Cem, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
MemoSec: 94, Lot: 353
FatherRobert Wilson Wells Sr (1876-1950)
MotherMary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Mason (1877-1952)
Misc. Notes
Listed as Woodrow W. Wells in 1930 census with his parents.
By 1940, he was working as a mail carrier (23, IN) at the Post Office, just like his father, and still living at home.
He married Camilla Keogh on 4 Oct 1943 in Indianapolis. They had no children. He entered the military 24 Nov 1941.
2nd Lt. Wells was a tank commander in the 4th Armored Div and killed by a sniper’s bullet as he was advancing with Gen. George Patton’s army in Germany. He was killed on Easter Sunday. He had previously received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star and had seen extensive action around Metz and Bastogne.
By 1940, he was working as a mail carrier (23, IN) at the Post Office, just like his father, and still living at home.
He married Camilla Keogh on 4 Oct 1943 in Indianapolis. They had no children. He entered the military 24 Nov 1941.
2nd Lt. Wells was a tank commander in the 4th Armored Div and killed by a sniper’s bullet as he was advancing with Gen. George Patton’s army in Germany. He was killed on Easter Sunday. He had previously received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star and had seen extensive action around Metz and Bastogne.
Spouses
Birth24 Dec 1920, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
Death9 Nov 2012, Martinsville, Morgan Co, IN
BurialSaint Martins Cem, Martinsville, Morgan Co, IN
Misc. Notes
After Woody’s death, she was remarried to Gordon Wilson on 8 Jan 1955 in the same church and had 2 sons and 3 daughters with him.
Marriage4 Oct 1943, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
Marr MemoSt Joan of Arc Catholic Church
No Children