At an unknown date, a Day Letter was sent to
Mrs Wright from Colonel R D Blankenhorn.

He requested that she confirm that her
son's remains were to be delivered to
the Parker Memorial ( funeral home ) in Lynn.
"Request confirmation within 48 hours."

Mrs. Wright's telegram was sent on 2 November 1948.

The last document is titled
Receipt of Remains.
Sgt Wright's remains were transported from
Troy, New York, on the Boston and Maine Railroad.

The train was scheduled to depart Troy at 1:00 pm 16 December

and arrive at Lynn Station at 6:19 pm 16 December.

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Sgt Wright's remains were escorted by
Master Sergeant John L Swenson
United States Air Force

MSgt Swenson was with the 100th Bomb Group in Europe.

Post War he served as an Honor Guard with the
United States Air Force
for two years.
source : Matt Cabe
100th Bomb Group Foundation

His photo follows the Receipt of Remains

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The below map shows parts of the routes used by
the Boston and Maine Railroad.

Troy is at the left side in the area of the blue oval and
Lynn is circled in blue at the right side.

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BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD ROUTES

source: Wikipedia

source: 100th Bomb Group Foundation
Used with permission