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ARTHUR P WRIGHT
Captain · U.S. Army
September 1, 1936 – May 17, 1966
Service recordArthur P Wright, of Sherman, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 174 ASLT HEL CO 14 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP AMER DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1936
- Home of record
- Sherman, Texas (Grayson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 78
- COSMO LEONARD BARONEPrivate First Class · March 14, 1966
- LEWIS NEAL WELSHLance Corporal · May 17, 1966
- ARLOS CLAYTON WILDERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- JIMMY LAVERNE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- JOSE YBANEZSpecialist Five · May 17, 1966
From Sherman
- WAYNE SAMUEL FIELDENSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- BILLY FRANK WATSONSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- JERRY LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- LEONARD LEROY BEVELSSergeant · November 23, 1967
- DANNY LYNN GILSTRAPSecond Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
- DONALD ELLIOT WESTBROOKColonel · March 13, 1968
- ROBERT LOUIS POLKLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- DONALD JAY ROEPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- RONALD GENE PACESpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- MONTE DALE DYKESPrivate First Class · August 29, 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.