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CHARLES HERMAN WRIGHT
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 5, 1947 – September 19, 1969
Service recordCharles Herman Wright, of Beckley, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 115
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Beckley, West Virginia (Raleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 115
- CLYDE WILLIAM SAUNDERSSpecialist Five · September 19, 1969
- J LYNN STENHOUSE JRPrivate First Class · September 19, 1969
- THEODORE ALLEN TROCKSpecialist Four · September 19, 1969
- ROBERT LEE TUELL IIICorporal · September 19, 1969
From Beckley
- SHIRLEY WAYNE OBOYLEStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1966
- GEORGE WINTON THOMPSONMajor · May 15, 1966
- LEWIS CHARLES ROLLINSPrivate First Class · May 31, 1966
- DANNY RICHARD PARKULOSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
- ROGER LEE BRUNOSergeant · April 1, 1967
- CLARENCE M GUNTHER JRCorporal · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM HUNTSergeant First Class · February 28, 1968
- WILLIE BUREL RICHMONDSpecialist Four · March 27, 1968
- JAMES ALEXANDER PEMBERTONSpecialist Five · April 5, 1968
- KENNETH EDWARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 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.