U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985

Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): partial, confidence 3/4, tier record.
The form is legible and gives Norman B. Wood, born 11/6/1889 (month/day/year), died 9/10/50, buried at Forest View cemetery, Two Rivers, Wisconsin. The birth date matches the claim. The birthplace of Ridgefield, New Jersey is not on the form, so the record supports the date only. The 'NJ' notation is consistent with the claim but does not prove it.
Matches: Name on the application is WOOD, Norman B., which fits Norman Bentley Wood; Date of birth is typed as 11/6/1889, which matches 6 November 1889 in the day-first format used by the claim; Death date 9/10/50 fits the claimed 1950 death; State is marked NJ in red, which is consistent with a New Jersey connection; Rank Col., Infantry, with enlistment and discharge dates given
Limits: The form records a birth date but no birthplace, so Ridgefield, Bergen, New Jersey is not stated; The red 'NJ' is a state of enlistment or organization, not a birthplace; The date is in month/day/year order (11/6/1889). It matches 6 November only if read as month 11, day 6, which is the form's labelled format; The application was made by Mrs. Mae C. Wood after his death, so the birth date is secondhand, though it is likely taken from service records; The form says nothing on whether this Norman B. Wood is the same man as the one in the database. The match rests on name, birth date and death year