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ONEAL WRIGHT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 25, 1948 – January 31, 1968
Service recordOneal Wright, of New Rochelle, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 31, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 44
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 25, 1948
- Home of record
- New Rochelle, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 44
- TIMOTHY LANE WORTHFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- LESTER GARNELL YARBROUGHPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS YEOMANSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- STEVEN WILLIAM ZIEGLERStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
From New Rochelle
- HEZEKIAH GEORGEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN LYSAGHTLance Corporal · July 25, 1966
- JAMES WILLIAM EISNERPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- WALTER LUDWIG HAMMERSCHLAGPrivate First Class · December 8, 1966
- FREDERICK JAMES CARRATUROSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- JOHN LOUIS OLSENCorporal · June 21, 1967
- THELBERT ALLYSON JAMESPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- WILLIAM LESTER NEWSOMEPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JAMES WESLEY BARBOURPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES EDWARDSLance Corporal · October 13, 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.