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DONALD WOODSON WRIGHT
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
June 17, 1939 – September 1, 1969
Service recordDonald Woodson Wright, of Black Mountain, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 1, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 22
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-53 A/D Qualified (I) (7564)
- Born
- June 17, 1939
- Home of record
- Black Mountain, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1969; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 22
- HARRY HERR WECKERMaster Sergeant · September 1, 1969
- ROY COLON WILLIAMS JRCaptain · September 1, 1969
- JAMES KENNETH WOZNIAKCorporal · September 1, 1969
- DAVID BRUCE ATKINSPrivate · September 2, 1969
From Black Mountain
- JERRY BRUCE HARRISSpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- HERBERT COLEMAN WRIGHT JRLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WESLEY EUGENE MELTONPrivate First Class · June 18, 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.