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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

William Curtiss Wright

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Oak Park, Illinois

Honored By

William W. Wright

Relationship

Son

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

REGIMENTAL S-3, 132ND INFANTRY IN CHICAGO AND CAMP FORREST, TENNESSEE, AUSTRALIA, AND NEW CALEDONIA,1940-1942. PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL (AUGUST 1942) AND ASSUMED COMMAND OF 3RD BATTALION, 132ND INFANTRY, IN THE NEWLY FORMED AMERICAL DIVISION AT NEW CALEDONIA. THE 132ND LANDED ON GUADALCANAL DECEMBER 8, 1942. HE LED A FORWARD OBSERVER, RADIOMAN, AND BODYGUARDS AHEAD OF THE BATTALION NEAR MT. AUSTEN. HE WAS KILLED TRYING TO DESTROY A JAPANESE MACHINE GUN NEST AND PROTECT HIS MEN WHO WERE WOUNDED, DECEMBER 19, 1942. AWARDED PURPLE HEART.