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FRANK WRIGHT JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 15, 1948 – September 7, 1969
Service recordFrank Wright JR, of Monroe, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 57
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Monroe, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 57
- PETER JOHN TROYSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1969
- JESS H VANWINKLE JRSergeant · September 7, 1969
- JESSE JAMES ARTHUR IIIPrivate First Class · September 8, 1969
- GARY THOMAS BENJAMINCorporal · September 8, 1969
From Monroe
- RONNIE JOE HERRINGTONCorporal · January 19, 1966
- HOSEA DENNIS ADAMSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- JAMES ODAS MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- CLAIBORNE LAVELLE SHAWLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- PETER LITTLELance Corporal · November 16, 1966
- TROY BEALINAirman First Class · November 26, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CARMACKSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- BOBBY GAYLE STANFORDPrivate · May 12, 1967
- HARRIS VONZELL DAVISSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- DONALD JACK CROCKERMajor · July 15, 1967
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.