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JAMES FRANK WRIGHT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 12, 1946 – January 20, 1968
Service recordJames Frank Wright, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 2
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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
- February 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 2
- LESTER JAMES VEAZEYPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL ACOSTAPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- GLEN ROBERT BARNHILLSpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- PAUL MELVIN BEDDOE JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- PAUL ROBERT BELLAMYLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD ARNOLD OTOOLECorporal · Panel 34E, Line 90
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.