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Personal info

Full name
WRIGHT, Robert Francis
Date of birth
3 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Alabama
Hometown
Michigan

Military service

Service number
36102476
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 January 1945
Place of death
The woods of Bütgenbacher Heck at Morsheck, Southwest of Büllingen, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 2 51

Immediate family

Members
Mosely Wright (father)
Adell (Butler) Wright (mother)
James H. Wright (brother)
Alonzo Wright (brother)
Lorin Wright (sister)
Frank Wright (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Robert F Wright entered the service in Michigan.
He was first buried at Block III, Row 1, Grave 10.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on foreign soil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Emmanuel Papin