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HARVEY WAYNE WRIGHT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 31, 1949 – March 6, 1971
Service recordHarvey Wayne Wright, of Laurinburg, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 30
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Structural Repairer (68G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Laurinburg, North Carolina (Scotland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1971; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 30
- MARK AFFLERBACHCaptain · March 7, 1971
- RANDOLPH JEFFERSON ARDChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 7, 1971
- TERRY LEE BLAIRSpecialist Four · March 7, 1971
- PHILLIP MICHAEL BRANDONSpecialist Four · March 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL WEBSTER ALLEN JRSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 26
- RONALD THOMAS HOFFMANSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 28
- KENNETH HAROLD JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 28
- TERRY LEE MCCLANAHANSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 29
From Laurinburg
- LESTER WAYNE ROBBINSSpecialist Four · February 19, 1967
- WASH JUNIOR LINDSAYPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- DONALD RAY YARBOROCorporal · January 24, 1970
- JAMES ERWIN TAYLORCorporal · July 26, 1970
- WILSON CAMPBELLCorporal · September 10, 1970
- JAMES MCDUFFIE JRCorporal · October 1, 1970
- HAROLD CLIFTON MARSHStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1970
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.