Last Primary MOS
4823-Aircraft Maintenance Officer
Last MOS Group
Aviation
Service Years
1941 - 1946
Last Photo
Personal Details
Home State
Pennsylvania
Year of Birth 1914
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Dudley, Wray Ethelbert, Jr., CPT.
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Contact Info
Home Town Pittsburgh
Last Address Tubac, Arizona
Date of Passing Jun 17, 2006
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Last Known Activity:
Capt. Wray E. Dudley was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 16 March 1914, the son of an electrical engineer, Wray Dudley, Sr.
He was a student at the University of Oklahoma in 1941. He married his wife, Lois, in December 1941, in Oklahoma.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps as an Aviation Cadet from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 15 March 1941. (He listed his entry on Active Duty as of 19 December 1941.) Home of record at entry was McKeesport, Pennsylvania.
Then Lt. Dudley completed Airplane Mechanic School at Sheppard Field in 1943, followed by attending the Flight Engineering School in 1943. (Note: No other details of service.)
He was honorably discharged on 2 March 1946 at Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. He had No overseas duty as noted on the Pennsylvania WWII Compensation Form filed in 1950.
He passed away in Arizona in 2006. His wife, Lois White Dudley, passed away in 2012 in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.
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Note: Photo of him may be found in the book by SMSgt. Norman W. Brown, USAF Retired, Welcome to Sheppard Air Force Base, Arcadia Publishing, 2015.
WWII - American Theater
From Month/Year
December / 1941
To Month/Year
September / 1945
Description The American Theater was a minor area of operations during World War II. This was mainly due to both North and South America's geographical separation from the central theaters of conflict in Europe and Asia. Thus, any threat by the Axis Powers to invade the mainland United States or other areas was considered negligible, allowing for American resources to be deployed in overseas theaters.
This article includes attacks on continental territory, extending 200 miles (320 km) into the ocean, which is today under the sovereignty of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and several other smaller states, but excludes military action involving the Danish territory of Greenland, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Aleutian Islands. The most well known battles in North America during World War II were the Attack on Pearl Harbor (the first attack on US soil since the Battle of Ambos Nogales), the Aleutian Islands Campaign, the Battle of the St. Lawrence, and the attacks on Newfoundland.
