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JOE DAVID WRIGHT
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 15, 1949 – December 15, 1969
Service recordJoe David Wright, of Pickens, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 61
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Pickens, South Carolina (Pickens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 61
- DAVID BENTON THOMPSONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1969
- OSCAR LEE BRITTENUM JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 16, 1969
- VICTOR PATRICK BUCKLEYLieutenant · December 16, 1969
- ALLEN ANTHONY BULLARD JRSpecialist Four · December 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DARYL WAYNE PATRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 59
From Pickens
- CHARLES JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- JERRY HIOTT WILLIAMSSergeant · June 24, 1966
- LEE LEWISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- DWIGHT ONEAL GILSTRAPPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- CLIFTON RANDAL JONESLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- DAVID FORREST BLACKSpecialist Four · March 25, 1969
- EPHRIAM RUTLEDGE LILES IIWarrant Officer 1 · July 4, 1969
- WOODROW BEAL CHASTAINSpecialist Four · August 15, 1971
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.