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JAMES GREER WRIGHT SR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 6, 1929 – December 28, 1968
Service recordJames Greer Wright SR, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 1
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Senior Sergeant (67Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 6, 1929
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1968; five of them were lost in Darlac Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 1
- CLIFTON CARDELL THORNCorporal · December 28, 1968
- JOSEPH RICHARD TWIGG JRPrivate First Class · December 28, 1968
- CLARENCE LEON WELSCH JRCorporal · December 28, 1968
- VICTOR LEROY AUSTINStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD DAVID MARKLANDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 36W, Line 83
- WILLIAM EARL MCDONALD JRMajor · Panel 36W, Line 85
- STEVEN J PERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 86
- STEPHEN CHESTER PONTY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 86
- RICHARD CARL PUGHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 36W, Line 87
- DONALD J SHANGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 36W, Line 87
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.