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JAMES AMBLER WRIGHT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 19, 1947 – October 25, 1968
Service recordJames Ambler Wright, of Manassas, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 35
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- July 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Manassas, Virginia (Manassas (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1968
- 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
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 35
- JAMES GABRIEL SORIANOSergeant · October 25, 1968
- BENJAMIN ARTHUR THOMPSON JRStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1968
- DENNIS ROBERT TRIPPCorporal · October 25, 1968
- MICHAEL ERWIN WITKOPFirst Lieutenant · October 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TOM GAYLE CASEYPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 32
- BILLIE MONROE LONGSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 33
- DAVID RICHARD MERRELLSecond Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 33
- THOMAS FREDRICK RAY JRCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 34
- JAMES GABRIEL SORIANOSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 35
- DENNIS ROBERT TRIPPCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 35
From Manassas
- DALLAS LEMON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- SANDERS RAY BALDWINPrivate First Class · December 23, 1969
- WAYLAND F MCCAULEY JRPrivate First Class · September 12, 1970
- ROGER STANLEY URBANIPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.