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GARRY WRIGHT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 13, 1946 – June 4, 1966
Service recordGarry Wright, of Rockwood, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 4, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 9
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Rockwood, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- 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 June 4, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 9
- BENNY THOMAS STOWERSCaptain · May 19, 1966
- GERALD STEEDPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- HERSCHEL RUDOLPH WARDPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- MARTIN LEE WATKINSPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 1966
From Rockwood
- ELWOOD CHARLES SOVEY JRPetty Officer Third Class · May 4, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD FOWLERSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- DONALD JERRY HANNINGCaptain · September 3, 1972
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.