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West Virginia Veterans Database Record Detail
Item Details: Record Id: 9092
War: WWII
Name: Paul Wright
Sex: M
Race: W
County: Roane
Community: Spencer
Branch of Service: Navy
Rank: WT1C
Service Number: 02661493
Date of Death: 1944/12/18
Place of Death: China Sea
Cause of Death: KIA - Lost at sea
Place of Burial: Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery
Unit: USS Monoghan
Date of Birth: 1922/01/29
Place of Birth: Spencer, Roane Co.

Father:

Rome Wright
Mother: Eva Parsons Wright
Spouse:
Date of Marriage:
Place of Marriage:

Children:

Date Added to Memorial:  2009
Source: WV Vet Mem Application; Information submitted by Mary Wright Hennen (niece); The Times Record - death notice - 15 Mar 1945; http://www.multied.com/NAVY/destroyer/MonaghanII354.html (2001); American Battle Monuments Commission website - 2001; photocopies of various documents
Notes: American Campaign Medal and Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal,
Photograph: Y
Documents: Y
       

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