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FRED YOUEL WRIGHT JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 6, 1947 – March 22, 1966
Service recordFred Youel Wright JR, of Muncie, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 22, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 40
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- March 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Muncie, Indiana (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1966; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “E CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 40
- JERRY MONROE MCWHORTERSergeant · March 22, 1966
- ROGER THOMAS OKAMOTOSecond Lieutenant · March 22, 1966
- JOHN CHESTER ROBERTSONCorporal · March 22, 1966
- RAYMOND WESLEY WILSONSergeant · March 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND WESLEY WILSONSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 40
From Muncie
- NEIL BERNARD MCKINNEYFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 1963
- ROBERT LEWIS CLARKStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- EDWARD C ZIMMERMAN JRLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- GLENDON LEE AMMONColonel · September 21, 1966
- ELMER LEVERNE BUCHANANPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CAREYSergeant · January 26, 1967
- HARVEY GRANT HOWE JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1967
- ALAN CRAIG SHROYERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1967
- CHARLES DUANE SAYLORSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- OSWALD CLAYTON SOUTH JRSpecialist Four · March 20, 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.