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CHARLES FRED WRIGHT
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 7, 1937 – August 23, 1968
Service recordCharles Fred Wright, of Vallejo, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 58
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
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- July 7, 1937
- Home of record
- Vallejo, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 58
- EARL CLIFFORD WILSONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- GREGORY WOODSPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- WILLIAM RONALD YOUNGBLOODSpecialist Four · August 23, 1968
- DANIEL OWEN ABERNATHYFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
From Vallejo
- ROY LOCKHARTStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- CHARLES SHERLEE SATCHERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ERNEST EUGENE SIMONSCorporal · April 16, 1966
- RUSSELL MARK WAGNERSergeant · January 28, 1967
- THOMAS LYLE BARLEENCorporal · April 12, 1967
- FREDERICK W FROMME JRLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- TERRY ALAN HARDINGPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- TOMMY RAY GARTONSpecialist Four · June 15, 1967
- ALFONSO PAUL BARTALOTTIPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
- VICTOR ANTHONY ENDERIZSergeant · December 2, 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.