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LESTER ALLEN WRIGHT
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
May 22, 1943 – July 31, 1966
Service recordLester Allen Wright, of Irwin, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 31, 1966, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 92
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Born
- May 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Irwin, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1966; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 92
- DANIEL ZACHARY POST JRCorporal · July 31, 1966
- JAMES STEWART JRSpecialist Four · July 31, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD ANDERSONSergeant · August 1, 1966
- WENDELL EUGENE CHURCHILLPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
From Irwin
- JOSEPH EDWARD HETZER JRSpecialist Five · January 5, 1966
- PAUL FRANCIS SHOGANPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- JULIUS BRADLEY HUGHESPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT MORRISONPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- JOHN MARK SPIELMANSeaman · February 26, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD MCCLELLANDGunnery Sergeant · April 11, 1968
- TIMOTHY WILLIAM GILKEYLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- ANTHONY PASQUALE PATRICCASpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
- DELBERT LEO SINGLER JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 3, 1969
- HOWARD SCOTT HILLSergeant · May 23, 1969
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.