World War II Honoree

Donald Francis Wright

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Richmond, Indiana

Honored By

Brig. Gen. Daniel V. Wright

Relationship

Son

DRAFTED IN 1943. DID ARMY SPECIALIZED TRAINING PROGRAM AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY UNTIL REASSIGNED TO 5TH INFANTRY. TRAINED IN COLORADO AND CALIFORNIA UNTIL SHIPPED TO UNITED KINGDOM ON D-DAY. LANDED AT OMAHA BEACH END OF JUNE 1944. FOUGHT THROUGH FRANCE AND BELGIUM WITH COMPANY L, 60TH INFANTRY, 9TH DIVISION UNTIL WOUNDED IN ACTION AT HOFEN, GERMANY SEPTEMBER 16, 1944, EVACUATED TO UNITED KINGDOM. RETURNED TO CONTINENT WITH AIR CORPS FEBRUARY 1945. AGAIN MOVED THROUGH FRANCE AND BELGIUM, ENDING WAR IN GERMANY. RETURNED HOME AUGUST 1945.