Wright, Harold M.
WRIGHT
Posted By: Von Mings Stachon (email)
Date: 5/9/2007 at 16:11:57
Wright, Harold M.
Cedar Rapids, IA
Serial No: 36319323
Born: Feb 14, 1916
Parents: Thomas E. and Winnifred Wright
Entered Army: Feb 19, 1942
Training in US: Camp Grant, IL; Fort Sill, OK; Oscoda and Alpena, MI; Rosecrans Field, St. Joseph, MO
Left for Overseas: Camp Kilmer, NJ on May 1, 1945; arrived Glasgow, Scotland on May 9, 1945
Overseas Training: Metfield, England, May 10, 1945. Assigned 1408th AAF Base Unit, Orly Field, France
Returned to US: LeHavre, France on Feb 22, 1946; New York, March 5, 1946
Discharged: Camp Grant, IL on Mar 11, 1946
Rating: M/Sgt
Months in Service: In US, 38; overseas, 10
Present Occupation: Field supervisor of veteransŐ training for Iowa State Department of Public Instruction, Des Moines.
(Veteran data included here was generously provided by the American Legion Kubik-Finch Post #142, Traer, IA; data gathered by the Legion about 1949.)
Researcher Note: His parents: Thomas Everett and Winifred are buried in Buckingham Cemetery, Traer, IA. There are no markers but Thomas died 8 Jul 1953 and Winifred died 29 Jun 1960. Dates are interred dates - actual death dates would be about 3 days earlier in each case. Buckingham is online.
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