World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Frank Joseph Wright
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Peaerl Thomas
Relationship
A Grateful American
He served as Platoon Leader of Company B, First Battalion, Twenty-Eighth Marines, Fifth Marines Division. He received the Navy Cross for his actions against enemy Japanese forces on Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945.