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JOHN PAUL WRIGHT
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 11, 1949 – October 28, 1969
Service recordJohn Paul Wright, of Aurora, Colorado, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 1
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Aurora, Colorado (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 1
- EZEQUIEL TORRES JRPrivate First Class · October 28, 1969
- BRUCE ALLEN UGELSTADSpecialist Four · October 28, 1969
- CARMEN DECUBELLIS JRFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 1969
- GERALD THOMAS GREENO JRSpecialist Five · October 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EUGENE CAMPBELLCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 126
- EZEQUIEL TORRES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 1
From Aurora
- JAMES DANIEL HAKES JRLance Corporal · May 15, 1966
- MICHAEL L OTTOPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANKLIN MATTHEWSLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD LEMONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- THOMAS DAVID BARBERAirman · March 17, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE TABORPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- KENNETH DEAN RYNNINGSergeant · May 14, 1968
- RICHARD LE ROY MARTINPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- JACKIE VERNON HENSLEYStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1969
- CLYDE SEILERMajor · March 27, 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.