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Personal info

Full name
WRIGHT, Hugh E
Date of birth
22 February 1928
Age
18
Place of birth
Greene County, Tennessee
Hometown
Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
14155439
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 April 1946
Place of death
St. Andreasberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Harley S. Wright (father)
Alice B. (Rader) Wright (mother)
Margaret L. Wright (sister)
Lillian M. Wright (sister)
Samuel T. Wright (brother)
Charles M. Wright (brother)

More information

Pvt Hugh E. Wright was an electrical engineer before he joined the Regular Army at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.

He was officially declared dead one year and one day after he went missing and was presumed dead. At that time his unit was fighting in the vicinity of St. Andreasberg. His remains are to date never recovered.

He is also remembered at the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery in Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Waddell Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Kim Gelina, www.16thinfassn.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Have Paws will travel / Kim Gelina