MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Bright, William Thornton

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Bright ​

• FORENAME

William Thornton ​

• UNIT

1 Bn (Red Combat Team) ​

• RANK

First Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

0-1298812 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

22nd May 1944 ​

• AGE

25 ​

• GRAVESITE

Mount Olivet Cemetery,Fort Worth,Tarrant County,Texas Section 18 Stephen Austin Lawn ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Fort Worth,Tarrant County,Texas​

born 5.8.1918 Glen Rose,Texas​

son of Otis Oval and Jessie Cynthiann (nee Riley) Bright​

graduated high school ​

sales clerk in civilian life​

enlisted 16.1.1941 Dallas,Texas (Private 38035977)​

commissioned​

died of typhus at 20th General Hospital,Ledo,Assam,India ​

14th Evacuation Hospital,Ledo in one source​

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