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JACK LEE WRIGHT
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
January 21, 1937 – April 9, 1970
Service recordJack Lee Wright, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 9, 1970, in North Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 116
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Structural Mech (Safety Equip) (AME)
- Born
- January 21, 1937
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1970
- Age
- 33
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 116
- DONALD CHARLES TANNENBAUMCaptain · April 9, 1970
- RAYMOND LEWIS WILLIAMSCorporal · April 9, 1970
- JIMMY CARRILLOSpecialist Four · April 10, 1970
- DANNY LEE DAWSONPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.