A graduate of R.I.T., Dwight was an Art Teacher in the North Rose - Wolcott School District retiring in 1972. A World War II Army Veteran, he saw action in the Pacific Theater of Operations, (New Guinea and Philippine liberation campaigns.) He was wounded at Leyte on November 12, 1944. Dwight also served at the Pentagon and on General Douglas MacArthur's Staff. His military decorations include a Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Philippine Liberation Medal, Asiatic Campaign Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal and World War II Victory Medal. He had been an active member of the Odd Fellows, Masonic Lodge, Shriners, past Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and had been Police and Road Commissioner in Sodus Point.
Interment with full military honors.
A graduate of R.I.T., Dwight was an Art Teacher in the North Rose - Wolcott School District retiring in 1972. A World War II Army Veteran, he saw action in the Pacific Theater of Operations, (New Guinea and Philippine liberation campaigns.) He was wounded at Leyte on November 12, 1944. Dwight also served at the Pentagon and on General Douglas MacArthur's Staff. His military decorations include a Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Philippine Liberation Medal, Asiatic Campaign Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal and World War II Victory Medal. He had been an active member of the Odd Fellows, Masonic Lodge, Shriners, past Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and had been Police and Road Commissioner in Sodus Point.
Interment with full military honors.
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