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MARTIN WILLARD WRIGHT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 10, 1948 – July 25, 1970
Service recordMartin Willard Wright, of Schoharie, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 53
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Schoharie, New York (Schoharie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 53
- ROBERT WILLIAM WARDPrivate First Class · July 25, 1970
- J V WATSONCorporal · July 25, 1970
- DARWIN OTHEL BRANDONPrivate First Class · July 26, 1970
- MURVYN EUGENE HARGRAVESSergeant · July 26, 1970
From Schoharie
- CHRISTOPHER SCOTT SIGMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- DENNIS NORMAN HOGENBOOMSpecialist Four · June 6, 1970
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.