U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #15114878
Entered the Service from: Kentucky
381st Bomb Squadron, 310th Bomb Group, Medium
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Hobert O. Wright is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Bell County, Kentucky.
***I would like to thank John Find A Grave ID 47321509 for adding his photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Charging Forward KY Find A Grave ID 49801517 for adding their photos and the bio below to this memorial in addition to updating the birth date/location and death location on it***
See SGT Hobert Odell Wright (1921-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial for stateside cenotaph
Enlisted on 3 June 1942 in Fort Thomas-Newport, Kentucky
Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces, 15114878
310th Bomb Group, Medium, 381st Bomb Squadron
Radio-Operator / Gunner on B-25C Mitchell Bomber #42-64580
★ Air Medal
No MACR
During a mission to bomb the Italian port of Piombino on 14 March 1944, SGT Wright's B-25 went down after being hit by flak.
Crew of #42-64580
Pilot 1LT William H. Branum - MIA
Co-pilot 2LT Floyd L Riederer - MIA
SSGT Percy William Ochs - MIA
SGT Hobert O Wright - MIA
SGT Kermit E. Phipps - KIA / Recovered
U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #15114878
Entered the Service from: Kentucky
381st Bomb Squadron, 310th Bomb Group, Medium
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Hobert O. Wright is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Bell County, Kentucky.
***I would like to thank John Find A Grave ID 47321509 for adding his photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Charging Forward KY Find A Grave ID 49801517 for adding their photos and the bio below to this memorial in addition to updating the birth date/location and death location on it***
See SGT Hobert Odell Wright (1921-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial for stateside cenotaph
Enlisted on 3 June 1942 in Fort Thomas-Newport, Kentucky
Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces, 15114878
310th Bomb Group, Medium, 381st Bomb Squadron
Radio-Operator / Gunner on B-25C Mitchell Bomber #42-64580
★ Air Medal
No MACR
During a mission to bomb the Italian port of Piombino on 14 March 1944, SGT Wright's B-25 went down after being hit by flak.
Crew of #42-64580
Pilot 1LT William H. Branum - MIA
Co-pilot 2LT Floyd L Riederer - MIA
SSGT Percy William Ochs - MIA
SGT Hobert O Wright - MIA
SGT Kermit E. Phipps - KIA / Recovered
Family Members
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Lois Lohoma Wright Hurst
1915–2001
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Foy Evelyn Wright Ketner
1917–2013
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Thelma Mildred Wright Fannon
1920–1997
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SGT Hobert Odell Wright
1921–1944
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Geneva B. Wright Rogers
1924–1990
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Clarice Nell Wright Ellison
1925–2015
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George Hopkins Wright Jr
1928–1996
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Mossie Aileen Wright Luckadoo
1930–2006
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Wallace Elmo "Wally" Wright
1933–2015
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Eunice Maxine Wright Sabet
1934–2014
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Roger Wendell Wright
1937–1979
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Records on Ancestry
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U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
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U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985
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