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ARTHUR WRIGHT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 17, 1936 – February 21, 1967
Service recordArthur Wright, of Lansing, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He was lost on February 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 72
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 17, 1936
- Home of record
- Lansing, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 21, 1967
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 15E, Line 72
- TROY FRANKLIN TOMBLINPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD WALKERPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WALTER WEISSLance Corporal · February 21, 1967
- WAYNE THOMAS WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
From Lansing
- JAMES HARRY MCCLAINCaptain · July 28, 1964
- KENNETH EARL WALKERCaptain · October 2, 1964
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- LOUIS EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Five · June 27, 1966
- DANIEL SANDUAL CASTILLOLance Corporal · January 22, 1967
- BRIAN LYNN COLBYLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- DARYL EDSON ROLFECaptain · June 12, 1967
- ALAN JAMES FARHATPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
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.