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JEFFERY LYNN WRIGHT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 18, 1952 – September 30, 1971
Service recordJeffery Lynn Wright, of Flagstaff, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 32
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 18, 1952
- Home of record
- Flagstaff, Arizona (Coconino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1971; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 32
- THOMAS RODGERS STANSBURYWarrant Officer 1 · September 30, 1971
- HALTON RAMSEY VINCENTCaptain · September 30, 1971
- ROBERT EDWARD ELDREDStaff Sergeant · October 1, 1971
- ROBERT HOWARD MAGGSPrivate First Class · October 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT THOMAS BALLSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 30
From Flagstaff
- BRADLEY A WALKERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- VINCENT B BAKERPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- NED LEEPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- MELVIN DEW NEWTONSpecialist Four · March 29, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM LITZLERCorporal · June 15, 1968
- JAMES LAVERN HARBOTTLECorporal · August 21, 1968
- RICHARD ANDRADELance Corporal · February 3, 1969
- DALE EUGENE CRICKLance Corporal · February 11, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID HULSECaptain · March 23, 1970
- JAMES MARK DAVISSergeant · May 8, 1970
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.