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GARLAND FLENDOLPH WRIGHT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 1, 1944 – July 22, 1966
Service recordGarland Flendolph Wright, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 22, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 60
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1966; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 60
- JOHNNIE EARL SMITHStaff Sergeant · July 22, 1966
- ROBERT ELVIS STALLINGSPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES WELLSPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- RODNEY WAYNE WESTCOTTPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
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.