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DAVID LEO WRIGHT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 15, 1947 – August 22, 1968
Service recordDavid Leo Wright, of Suitland, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 36
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
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Suitland, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 36
- ROBERT MATTHEW WORSHINSKISergeant · August 22, 1968
- BILLY EDWARD YARBROUGHCorporal · August 22, 1968
- ARTHUR LLOYD ADAMS JRPetty Officer Third Class · August 23, 1968
- TALMADGE HORTON ALPHIN JRStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1968
From Suitland
- CHARLES HERMAN BLANKENSHIPCaptain · July 7, 1967
- WOODROW CHARLES CRONKRITEPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- CHARLES DANIEL SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1968
- JAMES RANDEL TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- HARRY RICHARD ITALIANOSpecialist Four · June 3, 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.