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ALBERT N WRIGHT JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 19, 1947 – October 19, 1969
Service recordAlbert N Wright JR, of Stanton, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 19, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 93
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Stanton, Tennessee (Haywood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 93
- JAMES VINCENT ALDREDSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- STEPHEN HARRIS ALLISONCorporal · October 20, 1969
- DENNIS RALPH BAKERLance Corporal · October 20, 1969
- PHILIP WAYNE BAUGHNSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
From Stanton
- WILLIAM ALFORD FERRELLPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- BILLY LEE WRIGHTPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- R T PERRYCorporal · October 8, 1968
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.