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HOWARD EUGENE WRIGHT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 1, 1949 – February 19, 1969
Service recordHoward Eugene Wright, of Riverdale, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 63
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Riverdale, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 63
- MICHAEL THOMAS ROWECorporal · February 19, 1969
- MACK HOUSTON WILHELMPetty Officer Third Class · February 19, 1969
- ROBERT G WIMPSergeant First Class · February 19, 1969
- MICHAEL DRUE ADAMSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1969
From Riverdale
- JAMES GERALD MCGOVERNLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- JAMES NORRIS DAVISPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- DAVID ALAN REEDPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- BOBBY RAY QUESENBERRYPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- TIMOTHY CALVIN DRAKESergeant First Class · May 10, 1970
- PAUL EDWARD BRIDGETTCorporal · August 26, 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.