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Personal info

Full name
WRIGHT, Opal B
Date of birth
20 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Grayson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Hart County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35714388
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Lendersdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 12 53

Immediate family

Members
Charlie C. Wright (father)
Alma W. (Armstrong) Wright (mother)
Clyde Wright (brother)
Martha L. Wright (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Opal B. Wright enlisted in Evansville, Indiana on 13 October 1942.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet