Theodore J. Wright

Korean War
Service #16242076
RankCorporal U.S. Army
Date of DeathJune 6 1951
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Corporal Wright was awarded the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
Corporal Wright was a member of the 58th Engineer Treadway Bridge Company, U.S. Army. He was seriously wounded while fighting the enemy in North Korea on June 6, 1951 and died of those wounds later that day.