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DENNIS PAUL WRIGHT
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
April 8, 1946 – November 26, 1966
Service recordDennis Paul Wright, of Taft, California, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 26, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 125
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
- Airman Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Taft, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1966; 24 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 125
- PAUL ROBERT WESTStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- BOBBY LEE WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- ALVIN ECHOLSPrivate First Class · November 27, 1966
- HENRY WILSON RUST JRLieutenant Colonel · November 27, 1966
From Taft
- HARRY EUGENE THOMASCommander · August 13, 1965
- LARRY STANLEY PIERCEStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1965
- CHESTER LAVERN OBRIEN JRLance Corporal · March 5, 1966
- RALPH LEROY KEELERPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
- FRANK ALLEN OSTERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- DENNIS EARL DYERSergeant · May 17, 1968
- DONALD WARREN MORRISCorporal · July 6, 1968
- DONALD LEE PERRYSergeant · October 26, 1968
- JOHN RAYMOND TAYLORCorporal · June 3, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE RASEYSpecialist Four · July 26, 1970
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.