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GEORGE NATHANIEL WRIGHT
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
September 19, 1945 – May 21, 1967
Service recordGeorge Nathaniel Wright, of Boring, Oregon, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 80
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO BLT 2/3 9 MAB
- Born
- September 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Boring, Oregon (Clackamas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1967
- 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
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “F CO BLT 2/3 9 MAB”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 80
- CLYDE ANDERSON WARDSergeant First Class · May 21, 1967
- LARRY ALLEN WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD WISSMANSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- WALTER FRANCIS WROBLESKIChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 21, 1967
From Boring
- JAMES ALFRED WRIGHTSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- VIRGIL ALLEN CALKINS JRSpecialist Four · July 8, 1969
- GORDON LEE WIRTH JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 9, 1971
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.