Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Paenga-whāwhā 1918, ka uru a Wright ki te ope taua o te United States, a, ka whakawhiwhia ki a ia te taumata o te hoia i Camp Shelby. I mahi ia hei mema o te 149th Machine Gun Battalion i roto i te 38th Infantry Division. I muri mai ka mahi ia hei rangatira mo te 105th Engineer Combat Battalion. I te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao i uru ia ki nga pakanga o
Belleau Wood me Château-Thierry i mua i te whakawāteatanga honore i te Akuhata 31, 1919. Whai muri i tana wehenga mai i te ope, i whakahaerehia e ia tetahi waahanga o te Tiaki Motu o Mississippi i Rolling Fork, a i tohua ia hei rangatira tuatahi hei kaiarahi i te waahanga i roto i te waipuke nui o Mississippi o te tau 1927.