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PFC Leon Wayne Wright

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PFC Leon Wayne Wright

Birth
Stowe, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
20 Nov 1944 (aged 34)
Schevenhütte, Städteregion Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Burial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands Add to Map
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Pfc Leon W. Wright entered the armed service Oct. 30, 1942 and trained at Fort McClellan and at other camps in the South, going overseas on April 7, 1944. Before his induction into the Army he was employed by the Stanley G. Flagg company, Stowe, as a coremaker. He attended West Pottsgrove High school and was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran church, Stowe.
Pfc Wright was killed by shrapnel from an 88-millimeter shell. The company was fighting its way across the border into Germany at the time. He was first buried in a temporary grave in Belgium
Pfc Leon W. Wright entered the armed service Oct. 30, 1942 and trained at Fort McClellan and at other camps in the South, going overseas on April 7, 1944. Before his induction into the Army he was employed by the Stanley G. Flagg company, Stowe, as a coremaker. He attended West Pottsgrove High school and was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran church, Stowe.
Pfc Wright was killed by shrapnel from an 88-millimeter shell. The company was fighting its way across the border into Germany at the time. He was first buried in a temporary grave in Belgium

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Entered the service from Pennsylvania.

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  • Maintained by: Coleman ✿
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56305466/leon_wayne-wright: accessed ), memorial page for PFC Leon Wayne Wright (21 Oct 1910–20 Nov 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56305466, citing Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands; Maintained by Coleman ✿ (contributor 47076912).