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FREDERICK W WRIGHT III
Commander · U.S. Navy
July 11, 1936 – November 20, 1972
Service recordFrederick W Wright III, of Haworth, New Jersey, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 20, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 90
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- July 11, 1936
- Home of record
- Haworth, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1972
- Age
- 36
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1972. In November 1972, 21 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 90
- ROBERT MACK BROWNLieutenant Colonel · November 7, 1972
- JOHN LEONARD CARROLLMajor · November 7, 1972
- ROBERT DAVID MORRISSEYLieutenant Colonel · November 7, 1972
- RONNIE NEAL TOPPSPrivate First Class · November 11, 1972
From Haworth
- ROCKWELL SELDEN HERRONPrivate First Class · March 25, 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.