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JAMES DAVID WRIGHT JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 22, 1949 – March 22, 1969
Service recordJames David Wright JR, of Winter Park, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Winter Park, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 16
- LYNN CECIL WHITFORDSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHN AHLUMCaptain · March 23, 1969
- KENNETH RAY BARKLEYSpecialist Six · March 23, 1969
- TOMMY LEE BARNESSpecialist Five · March 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TONY LEE BUHOLTZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 9
- DANNY EUGENE HUBBSCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 12
- ROBERT PATRICK ILSLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 12
- MOISES TAPIASergeant · Panel 28W, Line 15
From Winter Park
- JOHN LUCIUS HOUSTONSergeant · July 6, 1964
- GEOFFREY HOLMES OSBORNLieutenant (junior grade) · September 24, 1965
- TIMOTHY ANDREW VELTMANSpecialist Four · August 4, 1966
- JOE ALBERT CRUTCHERPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- GARY JOSEPH BELLPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- DAVIS FREEMAN BROWNPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- CHARLES CLARK IIFirst Lieutenant · October 7, 1968
- KENNETH LEROY WITHAMLance Corporal · March 27, 1969
- JOSEPH WOODARDCaptain · May 6, 1969
- HAL EDWARD PERRYChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 9, 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.