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DAVID DANIEL WRIGHT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 8, 1946 – July 7, 1969
Service recordDavid Daniel Wright, of Ventura, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 7, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 79
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Ventura, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Stroke
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 79
- CARL LYNN WALKERCorporal · July 7, 1969
- DANNY KEITH YELLEYPrivate First Class · July 7, 1969
- COLON DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · July 7, 1969
- WILLIAM OLIN ANDERSONCorporal · July 8, 1969
From Ventura
- JAMES CLETUS DYESeaman Recruit · May 29, 1964
- MICHAEL PERRY MORITZSpecialist Five · June 16, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS PADILLASergeant · May 17, 1966
- DONALD EARL GOREPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- CREIGHTON ROBERT DUNNSpecialist Four · October 29, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD WIDENERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES APPLEGATESpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
- FRANK ROSS ALLENDER JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1967
- SIEGFRIED KOFLERSergeant · July 10, 1967
- DONALD MELVIN SEWELLColonel · November 9, 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.