First Name Lester James
Last Name Wright
Location Born Waukesha, WI
Died While Serving? yes
Photo string(4) "3851"
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(Source: Team Work Volume III no. 6 - Smith - June 1924The Story of Near East Relief - Barton - 1930)
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Sources
- Team Work Volume III no. 6 - Smith - June 1924
- The Story of Near East Relief - Barton - 1930
of Waukesha, Wisc., was the first Near East Relief worker to meet a violent death. He was slain by bandits, near Aleppo, Syria after having accompanied a convoy of orphans out of Harpoot. The children had been moved without mishap to safety and Mr. Wright, with three other relief workers and a native driver, were returning to Aleppo at the time. The bandits opened rifle fire upon the party without warning.
Wright was killed instantly. Enoch R. Applegate, another relief worker, was wounded at the same time.
