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JAMES WILLIAM WRIGHT II
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 21, 1948 – May 5, 1968
Service recordJames William Wright II, of San Diego, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 36
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Warehouse Clerk (3051)
- Born
- February 21, 1948
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 36
- LARRY DALE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- JOSEPH GEORGE WOLFEFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- BILLARA WOLFORDSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- RICHARD COLEMAN WYATTSeaman · May 5, 1968
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.