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CHARLES KEITH WRIGHT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 13, 1943 – June 21, 1966
Service recordCharles Keith Wright, of Coshocton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 73
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Coshocton, Ohio (Coshocton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 73
- MANUEL ANTON PEREZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SOTHCaptain · June 21, 1966
- JOHN BERNARD SULLIVAN IIIMajor · June 21, 1966
- FREDRICK HAZER VESTERSpecialist Four · June 21, 1966
From Coshocton
- ROBERT ORAL KORNSMaster Sergeant · October 2, 1966
- CHESTER ANTON WRIGHTSpecialist Four · August 2, 1968
- MICHAEL SHANE CALEYCorporal · August 24, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE HESKETTSergeant · May 22, 1969
- DOUGLAS SCOTT KEMPFSpecialist Four · September 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.