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KENNETH HAROLD WRIGHT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 20, 1945 – May 2, 1967
Service recordKenneth Harold Wright, of Crane, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 20
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Crane, Texas (Crane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 20
- LEOPOLDO PEREA SERNASpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE YODERPetty Officer Third Class · May 2, 1967
- RICHARD HENRY ALMEIDALance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY ALMONEYCorporal · May 3, 1967
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.