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LINCOLN ROY WRIGHT
Private · U.S. Army
December 31, 1950 – May 4, 1972
Service recordLincoln Roy Wright, of Mineola, Texas, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 14
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- December 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Mineola, Texas (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 14
- GLEN SIMMANG IVEYCaptain · May 6, 1972
- MARVIN BENJAMIN CHRISTOPHER WILESLieutenant Commander · May 6, 1972
- JOHN WADSWORT CONSOLVO JRCaptain · May 7, 1972
- JOHN MURRAY LEAVER JRCommander · May 8, 1972
From Mineola
- ROBERT LEE PINKARDPrivate First Class · September 3, 1968
- DOUGLAS DUPREESergeant · December 8, 1968
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.