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Name |
Wright, Milton T. |
Birthplace |
Rogers, Bell County, Texas |
Places of residence |
Dallas and Cameron, Texas with the Highway Patrol Richmond, Texas with the Texas Rangers |
Education |
Rogers High School Temple College, 2 years |
Notes |
Milton Wright was born in Rogers, Texas. He served in the US Navy before he joined the Texas DPS in 1961, serving with the Texas Highway Patrol and the Drivers License Division. He promoted to Texas Ranger in 1981, serving in Co. A in Richmond. He acheived the rank of Sergeant, and his Ranger specializations included cold case and hypnosis. He retired from the Rangers in 1995, then becoming the Sheriff of Fort Bend County from Jan. 1997 to Dec. 2012. Wright remembered being a part of the presidential motorcade escort as a highway patrolman on the day that President John F. Kennedy was assasinated in Dallas, Nov. 22, 1963. He was directed to make a statement on the events. "My names is Milton T. Wright, Texas Highway Patrolman, Badge No. 790. On November 22 I was assigned to drive a 63 Mercury Comet convertible that contained the Mayor and his wife and a U. S. Congressman. We turned onto Houston Street, the parade was going real well and speed was beginning to pick up and the crowd was beginning to thin right at this point. The car I was driving had just turned onto Elm Street and approximately 30 feet from the intersection when I heard the first shot. When the second shot was fired I noticed a number of people running away from the Motorcade and I saw several Dallas motorcycle policemen had their guns drawn. Then the motorcade speeded up and we went toward the hospital at a high rate of speed. I could see the President's car but I could not see anyone in the back seat. The only people I could see were the Agents. At the hospital we unloaded the Governor first and then the President. Then we were instructed to keep the news media away from the car." |
Occupation |
US Navy Texas Highway Patrol 1961-1981 Texas Ranger 1981-1995 Fort Bend County Sheriff 1997-2012 |
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