World War II Honoree

Willard O. Wright

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Hurricane Mills, Tennessee

Honored By

Maggie, Walter and Mark Wright

Relationship

Wife and Sons

ENTERED SERVICE MAY 1943, HONORABLY DISCHARGED DECEMBER 1945. WENT ASHORE ON D-DAY WITH UNKNOWN UNIT AND LATTER ASSIGNED TO COMPANY G, 14TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 71ST INFANTRY DIVISION TO FINISH OUT EUROPEAN SERVICE. SHIPPED TO OKINAWA AND ASSIGNED TO COMPANY C, 147TH INFANTRY, 37TH INFANTRY DIVISION. SENT HOME FROM THERE ON QUEEN MARY. AWARDED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL WITH 5 BRONZE BATTLE STARS FOR NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, ARDENNES, RHINELAND, AND CENTRAL EUROPE BATTLE CAMPAIGNS, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.