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CURTIS RONALD WRIGHT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 21, 1949 – April 24, 1968
Service recordCurtis Ronald Wright, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 2
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 2
- STUART ARTHUR WERNERWarrant Officer 1 · April 24, 1968
- CARMELLO ANGE JRPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- DONALD BALKITPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- JACK BITTINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CRECENCIO CASAREZ GARCIASergeant · Panel 51E, Line 45
- JOHN EDWIN CHARLE MULCAHYSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 48
- LESTER TIMOTHY WALKERSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 1
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 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.