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Personal info

Full name
WRIGHT, Donald Morten
Date of birth
16 June 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Bartholomew County, Indiana
Hometown
Bartholomew County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35902333
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
Vossenack-Schmidt area, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 10 48

Immediate family

Members
Edwin Wright (father)
Gertrude (Carpenter) Wright (mother)
Dorothy J. Wright (sister)
Kenneth A. Wright (brother)
Edwin O. Wright (brother)
Andrew J. Wright (brother)
Edith W. Wright (sister)

More information

Pvt Donald M. Wright enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 17 January 1944.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Bartholomew County, Indiana, Birth Records Index

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet