World War II Honoree

Robert Melvin Wright

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Olean, New York

Honored By

Coni Astmann

Relationship

Daughter

TECHNICAL SERGEANT, RECONNAISSANCE HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 112TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 28TH INFANTRY DIVISION, PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION, RED PATCH 'THE BLOODY BUCKET DIVISION'. PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLES OF NORMANDY, CENTRAL EUROPE, SOUTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, HUERTGEN FOREST, ARDENNES AND THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR, PURPLE HEART, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 5 BRONZE STARS.