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LARRY EDWARD WRIGHT
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
October 29, 1947 – September 24, 1968
Service recordLarry Edward Wright, of Ceres, California, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 24, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 21
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Ceres, California (Stanislaus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 21
- CLARK EDMUND PEDENPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
- JACK ALBERT PLUCINSKIFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1968
- OSCAR KILPATRIC PORTER JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
- JAMES RANDALL PRUETTSergeant · September 26, 1968
- STEVEN PAUL RANCEPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
From Ceres
- BRIAN KENT MCGARStaff Sergeant · May 31, 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.