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HENRY BERTRAM WRIGHT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 8, 1951 – February 2, 1970
Service recordHenry Bertram Wright, of Hawthorne, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 96
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 8, 1951
- Home of record
- Hawthorne, Florida (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 96
- JAMES WESLEY STEWARTSpecialist Four · February 2, 1970
- DONNIE JAY SWATSELLPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
- ARTHUR CLARKGunnery Sergeant · February 3, 1970
- EDMOND EUGENE SMITH IIILance Corporal · February 3, 1970
From Hawthorne
- CHARLES A GORDONPrivate First Class · June 27, 1968
- NORMAN KENNETH BRISTOWSpecialist Four · July 25, 1968
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.