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JERDY ALBERT WRIGHT JR
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
December 21, 1935 – October 31, 1965
Service recordJerdy Albert Wright JR, of Eufaula, Alabama, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on October 31, 1965, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 129
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1323D)
- Born
- December 21, 1935
- Home of record
- Eufaula, Alabama (Barbour County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 31, 1965
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5E, Line 129
- BENJAMIN GEORGE SPEARSSergeant · March 7, 1966
- RICHARD WILLIAM BONDCorporal · March 8, 1966
- THOMAS EARL CONNERPrivate First Class · March 8, 1966
- PETER SPENCER CONNORStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1966
From Eufaula
- BILLY T HATFIELDCaptain · July 13, 1964
- JAMES DAVID SUGGSPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- CHARLES CLARENCE WALKERSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
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.