COL Daniel Edward Wright

Birth: 18 Nov 1883
Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Death: 10 Nov 1962 (aged 78)
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia, USA
Burial: Hopewell Friends Burial Ground

Clear Brook, Frederick County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 12911408 View Source

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Col Wright's headstone reads as follows:
VPI '04 ENGINEER PANAMA CANAL
STAFF MEMBER ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION GREECE 1930
UNITED NATIONS MISSION - WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
WORLD WAR II - BURMA INDIA CHINA EGYPT '41 - '45
NEAR EAST FOUNDATION MID EAST '55

In addition to his headstone, he has the usual military stone, which reads
VIRGINIA
SED USPHS
WORLD WAR I & II

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Grace Y. Yarbrough Wright

1888–1974

Children

Daniel Wright Jr

1913–1987

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