Missing information?
Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?
Submit- Full
name
WRIGHT, Carl R - Date of
birth
1921 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Broome County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
6909478 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
1st Engineer Combat Battalion,
1st Infantry Division
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
13 October 1944 - Place of
death
Northern outskirts of Aachen, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| F | 10 | 34 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Kenneth N. Wright (father)
Lena J. (Cobb) Brock (mother)
Lester W. Brock (stepfather)
Howard J. Wright (brother)
Ruth Brock (sister)
More information
Sgt Carl R. Wright joined the Regular Army on 21 October 1938. He attended high school for 3 years and was a foreman before he joined the army. He went overseas in August, 1942, and took part in the North African, Tunisian, Sicilian and Normandy campaigns. He also took part in the battle for Aachen. He died of wounds received in Germany.
Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Raf Dyckmans, Leo Minne, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, www.history.army.mil, www.newspapers.com - Press and Sun-Bulletin
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Press and Sun-Bulletin