World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Charles W. Wright, Jr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Topeka, Kansas
Honored By
Charles W. Wright
Served in the Naval and Marine Corps Reserves. Enlisted January 1942. Boot camp Great Lakes, top graduate in the Hospital Corps at Great Lakes. Assigned to Fleet Marine Force South Pacific with the 8th Defensive Battalion Wallis Island. Transferred to Treasure Island, California. Received special order discharge to enter Marine Corps Reserves boot camp, Parris Island. Graduated Officer Candidate School, Quantico August 1944. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, graduated Base Defense School Camp Le Jeune. Assigned to the 12th Anti-Aircraft Battalion Peleliu. Became captain, U.S. Marine Corps Reserves at the end of the war.