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William Wiley Wright - Bismarck, Oklahoma

Army Rank: Private (1918).

Assigned Unit: 20th Engineer, 6th Battalion, Company F (18th Co.)

Army Serial Number:

Inducted:

Army Discharge: Eternal Watch

Remarks:  Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – KIA

Torpedoed on the Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918

Bismark, OK renamed to Wright, OK to honor his memory

Fathers Name: James Marion Wright

  (b. Dec. 17, 1855 Georgia) (d. Dec. 21, 1917 Alikchi, OK)

Mothers Name: Louiza Jane Blackwood

   (b. Feb. 2, 1865 Howard County, OK) (d. Oct. 21, 1944 Hugo, OK)

     Married July 13, 1885 Jordon Brook, Arkansas

Brothers: Joseph & Loach Wright

Sisters: Martha, Laura, Lear, Lona, Florence, and Nova Wright

Civilian Occupation:

Born: Sept. 27, 1890 Jenson, Arkansas

Died: Feb. 5, 1918 KIA at Sea, Coast of Scotland

  Buried in Kilnaughton, Islay February 9, 1918

  Body exhumed and relocated to America, 1920

Cemetery: ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

Internment: 11/05/1920

Plot: SECTION WHITE,  SITE 927

My Great Uncle, William W. Wright 20th Engineers Co. F, unfortunately did not survive the sinking of the Tuscania. His hometown, Bismark, Oklahoma was renamed Wright City, Oklahoma in his memory. I am in possession of the Photographic Album of the American Soldiers' Graves in Islay sent by the The Glasgow Islay Association to the grieving families in America in 1918. It details the plans of the monument to be built at Mull of Oa. Many thanks to this community for their concern for my relative. This is a great website.

Alice S. Bailey

May 28, 2007