World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
John Leslie Wright
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
El Paso, Texas
Honored By
Sam E. Pennartz
Central Fire Control Aerial Gunner, B-29 Superfortress tail #42-63546 nicknamed "INDIANA" tail code: Circle-X-39, 99th Bomber Squadron, 9th Bombardment Group (VH), 313th Bomb Wing, XXI Bomber Command, 20th Air Force at North Field on Tinian in the Mariana Islands; Pacific Theatre of Operations. Shot down on 17 March 1945 over Oshibe Village in Akaski County, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.