Ross Wright

  • ASN:
    14080447
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    Oct 22, 1919
  • DATE OF DEATH
    Aug 26, 1944
FULL NAME:

Ross Wright

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):

14080447

  • DATE OF BIRTH: Oct 22, 1919
  • DATE OF DEATH: Aug 26, 1944
RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):

Lauderdale County, Mississippi

DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
  • DATE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Apr 14, 1942
  • PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Camp Shelby, Mississippi
ORGANIZATION:
  • MAIN UNIT:
    9th Infantry Regiment
  • SUBUNIT:
    Company D, 1st Battalion
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
  • RANK:
    Private First Class (Pfc.)
  • POSITION IN UNIT:
    Rifleman
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS:

✭ Normandy Campaign (6 June – 24 July 1944), ✭ Northern France Campaign (25 July – 14 September 1944)

DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS (AWARDS):

🎖Bronze Star Medal, 🎖European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 🎖Combat Infantry Badge, 🎖Purple Heart Medal With One Oak Leaf Cluster

STATUS:
  • CATEGORY:
    Killed in action (KIA)
  • DATE:
    Aug 26, 1944
  • LOCATION:
    Guipavas, France
  • NOTES:
    First Location: Stomach; Second Location: Unknown, code not applicable; Causative Agent: Artillery Shell, Fragments, Afoot or unspecified
HONORED BY:

Men of the 2nd ID

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File Unit: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
in the Series: World War II Army Enlistment Records, created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946. - Record Group 64 (info)

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SOLDIER RECORD:
Full Name
Ross Wright
Army Serial Number
14080447
Enlistment Place
Cp Shelby Mississippi
Enlistment Date
14 Apr 1942
Army Branch
Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Service Branch
Army
Race or Ethnicity
White
Residence
Lauderdale County, Mississippi
Enlistment Term
Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Source of Army Personnel
Civil Life
Level of Education
Grammar school
Occupation
Semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck, and tractor
Marital Status
Widower or widow, without dependents
Birth Date
1919
Birth Place
Mississippi
Source Box Number
0155
Source Film Reel Number
2.12
Conflict Period
World War II
Served for
United States of America

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