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Navy Federal Credit Union
Truman
Sid
Wright
MIA (WWII) KIA)

Home:

Bedford

, 

Massachusetts

Buried: 

New York

, 

New York

Cemetery:

National Memorial of the Pacific Cemetery

Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Water Tender First Class

    Division:

    U.S.S. Bismarck Sea (CVE-95)

    Action Date:

    February 21, 1945
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 358 (January 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Water Tender First Class Truman Sid Wright (NSN: 3468736), United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal (Posthumously) for heroic conduct in giving up his place on a life raft and supporting a shipmate when the U.S.S. BISMARCK SEA (CVE-95) was sunk by Japanese aerial forces on 21 February 1945.