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JAMES WRIGHT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1939 – August 12, 1971
Service recordJames Wright, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 130
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1939
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1971
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 130
- ROBERT THOMAS NELSONSpecialist Five · August 12, 1971
- JOHN MICHAEL RYDLEWICZFirst Lieutenant · August 12, 1971
- GAIL LYNN STRICKLANDSpecialist Four · August 12, 1971
- JOHN CLYDE THOMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · August 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE HOLIANSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 129
- ERIC STEVEN KELLYSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 129
- LAWRENCE LEE KELLYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3W, Line 129
- LARRY MCCOYPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 129
- GAIL LYNN STRICKLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 130
- JOHN CLYDE THOMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 130
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 1967
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.