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ARTHUR EMERSON WRIGHT III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 8, 1943 – November 25, 1966
Service recordArthur Emerson Wright III, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 2 BN 34 ARM 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Gloucester, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 2 BN 34 ARM 25 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 118
- CLAUDE NATHANIEL WILLIAMSCaptain · November 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- TROY BEALINAirman First Class · November 26, 1966
- HARDY LEE BELLChief Master Sergeant · November 26, 1966
From Gloucester
- DAVID WINSLOW BOWMANCaptain · April 6, 1965
- FRANK ANTHONY DAMICOFirst Lieutenant · April 13, 1966
- JEFFREY GORDON TYNEPetty Officer Third Class · May 29, 1966
- FRANK THOMAS KRESESKIE JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- THOMAS JAMES BURKEFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1967
- MATTHEW PERRY AMARAL IIISpecialist Five · December 14, 1967
- PAUL DARYLL KNOWLTONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- SALVATORE JOHN PISCITELLOSergeant · November 27, 1968
- STEPHEN LESLIE LANEWarrant Officer 1 · March 7, 1970
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.