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WRIGHT, Hugh E - Date of
birth
22 February 1928 -
Age
18 -
Place of birth
Greene County, Tennessee -
Hometown
Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee -
Ethnicity
White
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
14155439 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
21 April 1946 - Place of
death
Sankt Andreasberg, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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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 was reported missing in action. At that time his unit was fighting in the vicinity of St. Andreasberg.
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