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Personal info

Full name
WRIGHT, Charles Jr
Date of birth
30 May 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Duquesne, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33708592
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 20 26

Immediate family

Members
Charles Wright (father)
Edith G. (Crouse) Wright (mother)
Ethel M. Wright (sister)
Regena Wright (sister)
Harry Wright (brother)
Lilliean Wright (sister)
Ruth Wright (sister)
Harry Wright (brother)
Carl Wright (brother)
Edward Wright (brother)
Jennie (Johnson) Wright (wife)

More information

Pfc Charles Wright Jr. was employed by the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp.

He enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 9 November 1943 and was sent overseas on 8 June 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten,www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press