Background
Vaughn Forest Wright, naval career officer, served in World Wars I and
II. He was a Chief Petty Officer in the Navy Medical Corps. He was born
December 30, 1894 in Fruitvale (an Oakland District) Alameda County and died in
October 3, 1951 in San Francisco. His family traveled across the plains in the
1860s and homesteaded in Tehama County. Vaughn Wright's father was Forest Henry
Wright, born in Tehama County, died in El Cerrito, Contra Costa County. He
served as El Cerrito's town marshal and City Treasurer.
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