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JOHN EDWARD WRIGHT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 8, 1947 – September 23, 1969
Service recordJohn Edward Wright, of Circleville, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 2
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Circleville, Ohio (Pickaway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1969; five of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 2
- MARVIN GENE STEPHENSPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
- SHELBY DEAN STOVERPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
- MICHAEL LAVERN WHITEPetty Officer Third Class · September 23, 1969
- SOLOMON HERBERT BRYANTSergeant First Class · September 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALLEN COOKESpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 128
- SHERBERT LEON COXSergeant First Class · Panel 18W, Line 129
- GALEN EARL HAYNIEPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 129
- ROBERTO SALAZARSpecialist Five · Panel 17W, Line 1
From Circleville
- WILLIAM J BARTHELMAS JRCaptain · July 27, 1965
- LLOYD RAY HUGHEYPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- PAUL JEWELL HILLWarrant Officer 1 · May 12, 1968
- LESLIE L BRUCKER JRStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE CONKELPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
- JAMES DELVIN SMITHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
- ROY LYNN CARTERCorporal · May 20, 1970
- JOHN LAWRENCE FETHEROLFPrivate First Class · July 20, 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.