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LARRY WRIGHT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 25, 1947 – January 27, 1968
Service recordLarry Wright, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 50
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 50
- WALLACE LEE REATHER JRPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- WILLIAM JACKSON ROBERTSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- MARSHALL LEE ROBINSONStaff Sergeant · January 27, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY SCHEIBER JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RUBE ARTHUR COX JRSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 45
- MICHAEL VIRGIL PETERSONCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 48
- GEORGE P NICHOLSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 49
- WILLIAM HENRY SCHEIBER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 50
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.