Wright graduated from West Point in 1912 and was assigned to the Ordnance Corps.  From 1917 to 1919 he was assigned to the Office of Chief of Ordnance. He served as an observer with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I and with the American Forces in Germany following the war.  In 1919 he was a member of the Fiske Infantry Equipment Board.  He was then detailed for on year to the Air Service. He was killed in an aircraft accident at Brooks Field, Texas, on 10 February 1925, at the age of 36 and was posthumously promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. 

WRIGHT, LEE OTIS
MAJOR ORD DEPT
DATE OF DEATH: 02/10/1925
BURIED AT: SECTION D  SITE 3046
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY