World War II Honoree

Lloyd Stanley Wright

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Indianapolis, Indiana

Honored By

Andy Wright

Relationship

Grandson

1ST LIEUTENANT IN SIGNAL CORPS, ENLISTED IN 1941. AFTER GRADUATING FROM SIGNAL CORPS OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL (OCS) IN NOVEMBER 1942, SERVED WITH THE 803RD SIGNAL SERVICE REGIMENT UNTIL DECEMBER 1942 WHEN HE ENTERED SUPPLY SCHOOL. FROM JANUARY 1942 TO AUGUST 1945, HE SERVED AT THE NEW YORK PORT OF EMBARKATION AND AT THE CHIEF SUPPLY BRANCH SIGNAL DIVISION AT THE PHILADELPHIA CARGO PORT OF EMBARKATION AS A SIGNAL SUPPLY OFFICER. FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1945, HE SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE PACIFIC THEATER WITH THE 8TH ARMY HEADQUARTERS AND THE 9TH CORPS HEADQUARTERS. REMAINED IN THE ARMY AFTER THE WAR AND RETIRED WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN SERVICE MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC SERVICE MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL.