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ALBERT FLOYD WRIGHT JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 6, 1945 – August 2, 1967
Service recordAlbert Floyd Wright JR, of Annapolis, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 2, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 70
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Annapolis, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 70
- DONALD MICHAEL SOWERPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- RAY W STOTLERPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE TROMBLEYLance Corporal · August 2, 1967
- BORIS ROMAN BENJAMIN BENTLEYSergeant · August 3, 1967
From Annapolis
- KURT WILLIAM GAREISSCaptain · February 24, 1965
- WILLIAM EUGENE TUCKER JRLance Corporal · May 3, 1966
- LAWRENCE HENRY DONNELLStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1967
- JAMES S MACVICKAR JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE MUSTAINSpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
- PAUL AUSTIN LEONARDPrivate First Class · November 28, 1967
- TEDDY WAXMANSergeant · November 30, 1967
- WILMER PAUL COOKLieutenant Commander · December 22, 1967
- ALEXANDER KEARNEY WARDCaptain · February 16, 1968
- CARLISLE OGDEN WARK JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.