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CLIFFORD DEVON WRIGHT
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
September 30, 1940 – June 27, 1969
Service recordClifford Devon Wright, of Jay, Florida, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 27
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 30, 1940
- Home of record
- Jay, Florida (Santa Rosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 27
- JAMES DONALD ZEBERTPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK BROWNLance Corporal · June 28, 1969
- JAMES RONALD CASHPrivate First Class · June 28, 1969
- THOMAS ANTONE CINCOTTAPrivate First Class · June 28, 1969
From Jay
- JOHN HENRY CANNONWarrant Officer 1 · February 2, 1968
- HOWARD CARLTON ARDSergeant First Class · August 18, 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.