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LEE ROY WRIGHT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 11, 1947 – May 6, 1968
Service recordLee Roy Wright, of La Veta, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1947
- Home of record
- La Veta, Colorado (Huerfano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 19
- ROBERT LEE WORLEYSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- ALONSO ARAGON JRSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- TERRY WADE BETTSPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- ROGER DALE CAULEYSergeant · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY BROGDONCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 1
- PATRICK B HESSIONPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 8
- JOHN ANDREW MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 11
- TILGHMAN RICHARD MCLEMORECaptain · Panel 56E, Line 14
- KENNETH RAYMOND QUANPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 15
- HOWARD ANDREW THREETCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 17
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.