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DARRYL WHITNEY WRIGHT
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 11, 1944 – March 6, 1968
Service recordDarryl Whitney Wright, of Mercer Island, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 39
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Mercer Island, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 39
- DAVID RAYMOND WIENCKOSKIPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- HOLLIS WILLIAMS JRLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- THOMAS HANSFORD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- STEPHEN FORREST WOODSSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE KITCHEN JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 43E, Line 24
- RICHARD LYLE PITZERCorporal · Panel 43E, Line 30
From Mercer Island
- JOHN FRANCIS BERGERSONSecond Lieutenant · January 29, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR JOHANSENWarrant Officer 1 · January 18, 1968
- DAVID HOWARD WARNERCorporal · February 17, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS FROSTPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- RANSOM CRAIG CYRSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
- RICHARD OTIS KROGHCorporal · August 26, 1968
- LEONARD PETER SPARKMANLance Corporal · August 12, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD WALDOWSKIWarrant Officer 1 · August 20, 1969
- LARRY ARNOLD SIMONSONSpecialist Four · March 25, 1971
- BRADFORD MARK GRAHAMSpecialist Five · November 18, 1971
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.