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DELBERT PAT WRIGHT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 17, 1948 – May 10, 1969
Service recordDelbert Pat Wright, of Hastings, Nebraska, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 41
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)
- Born
- March 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Hastings, Nebraska (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 41
- HERBERT BURGESS MURPHYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- PATRICK EDWARD MURPHYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- REX FRANKLIN NELSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- DENNIS DUWAYNE PALMCorporal · May 10, 1969
From Hastings
- KENNETH WAYNE KROUSLance Corporal · January 23, 1967
- GARY TWYMAN COWLESPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- RICHARD LE ROY HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1968
- CLIFFORD ARVIN DRAPERPrivate First Class · August 23, 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.