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DAVID IRVIN WRIGHT
Major · U.S. Air Force
January 30, 1935 – November 13, 1970
Service recordDavid Irvin Wright, of Annapolis, Maryland, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 13, 1970, in North Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 58
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 14 TR SQ
- Born
- January 30, 1935
- Home of record
- Annapolis, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1970
- Age
- 35
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1970. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “14 TR SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 6W, Line 58
- DONALD LYNN VALENTINESergeant · November 13, 1970
- CHARLES HENRY ADAMSSpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
- LEONARD PETER ALLENSergeant · November 14, 1970
- PAUL THOMAS COESergeant · November 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM W BANCROFT JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 56
From Annapolis
- KURT WILLIAM GAREISSCaptain · February 24, 1965
- WILLIAM EUGENE TUCKER JRLance Corporal · May 3, 1966
- LAWRENCE HENRY DONNELLStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1967
- JAMES S MACVICKAR JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- ALBERT FLOYD WRIGHT JRCorporal · August 2, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE MUSTAINSpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
- PAUL AUSTIN LEONARDPrivate First Class · November 28, 1967
- TEDDY WAXMANSergeant · November 30, 1967
- WILMER PAUL COOKLieutenant Commander · December 22, 1967
- ALEXANDER KEARNEY WARDCaptain · February 16, 1968
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.