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JOHNNY WAYNE WRIGHT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 11, 1945 – October 24, 1966
Service recordJohnny Wayne Wright, of Roanoke, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 104
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Roanoke, Virginia (Roanoke (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 104
- ROBERT DUANE WEAVERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1966
- ROBERT BAILEY GREENStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1966
- MICHAEL CLIFTON MILLERPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- COLEMAN LITCHFIELD WARRENPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HUBERT LEON LEE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 103
- DENNIS ALVIN MCKELLARPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 103
From Roanoke
- LAWRENCE EARL HACKLEYCaptain · July 18, 1963
- MARSHALL JOSEPH ANGELLSpecialist Five · December 12, 1963
- LUTHER WILLIAM BURTONSergeant · November 1, 1965
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
- JOSEPH WHELTON BROWN IIICorporal · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ALPHONZO BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- PAUL MARTIN REEDCorporal · August 23, 1966
- JOHN TYLER LOGANSergeant · September 30, 1966
- DONALD REGINALD JOHNSTONSeaman Apprentice · November 4, 1966
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.