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JAY L WRIGHT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 13, 1948 – December 14, 1967
Service recordJay L Wright, of Long Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 95
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 95
- ALLEN L VANKEURENStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1967
- LOUIS WAYNE WADLINGTONSergeant First Class · December 14, 1967
- ELIJAH WATERSPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- DONALD CLYDE WILLISPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- IAN WILLIAM ADAMITZSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 89
- JERALD FREDERICK DELOOZEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 91
- PHIL JACKSON DICKENSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 91
- HOWARD L DOYLESecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 91
- BILLY LAMAR GODFREYSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 91
- RICHARD DARRELL HARRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 91
- JAMES LEE MILLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 93
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER NEDERLKSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 93
- DONALD CARL NELSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 93
- STEPHEN WILLIAM PICKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 94
- RAYMOND EDWARD STONE JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 94
- ELIJAH WATERSPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 95
- DONALD CLYDE WILLISPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 95
- ELLSWORTH SWANNPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 96
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 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.