The Wall › Panel 14W › Mississippi › Charles Henry Wright
CHARLES HENRY WRIGHT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 9, 1950 – February 3, 1970
Service recordCharles Henry Wright, of Gulfport, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 99
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Gulfport, Mississippi (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 99
- VINCENT ROBERT THORNBURGGunnery Sergeant · February 3, 1970
- ROBERT MERRILL WARNOCKSpecialist Four · February 3, 1970
- JOHN MOORE BURNLEYSergeant · February 4, 1970
- DUANE CLIFFORD LARSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JESSE CARL CREEKMOREStaff Sergeant · Panel 14W, Line 97
- DANNY LEE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 98
- LARRY EDWARD NEWMANPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 98
From Gulfport
- HOWARD RUDOLPH CODYCaptain · November 24, 1963
- MELVIN TYRONE HUNTERSpecialist Four · January 22, 1967
- RICHARD TERRY SMITHSeaman · July 29, 1967
- CLARENCE EARL DRAKESCorporal · September 4, 1967
- SAMUEL M DAVISSpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES EDWARDSLance Corporal · October 15, 1967
- WILLIAM GILBERT WILKINSONChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 16, 1967
- JOE LOUIS JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- TAYLOR W FOREMAN JRStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1968
- TERRY NEIL THOMPSONFireman · April 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.