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Casualty Info
Home Town Johnstown, PA
Last Address 308 Conway Ct Johnstown, PA
Casualty Date Jul 05, 1953
Cause Non Hostile- Body Not Recovered
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Korea, South
Conflict Korean War
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii
Wall/Plot Coordinates Court 8 (cenotaph)
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
Aviation Ordnanceman First Class Wright was a crewman on an AD-4N Skyraider night dive bomber with Detachment H, Composite Squadron 35 aboard the USS BOXER (CV-21). On July 5, 1953, the pilot was forced to ditch the aircraft because of power failure during take off. His remains were not recovered.
Comments/Citation:
Service number: 2507291
The information contained in this profile was compiled from various internet sources.
Description Third Korean Winter, 1 December 1952 - 30 April 1953. Meanwhile the armistice talks had stalled. Discord over several issues, but principally the exchange of prisoners of war, had prevented any agreement in the latter part of 1951. This disagreement was heightened in January 1952. The U.N. delegates proposed to give captives a choice of repatriation, so that those who did not wish to return to Communist control could be repatriated elsewhere. The enemy delegates protested vigorously, insisting that all captives held by the Eighth Army be returned to their side. When the enemy failed to respond to U.N. efforts to settle the question, the U.N. delegation on 7 October called an indefinite recess in the armistice negotiations. Both military operations and armistice talks remained stalemated and, as the year 1952 ended, peace prospects seemed as remote as at its beginning.
