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PAUL THOMAS WRIGHT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 1, 1947 – April 3, 1968
Service recordPaul Thomas Wright, of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Willow Grove, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 53
- RALPH CHARLES MCCOWANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- ROGER ALLAN QUINNMajor · April 3, 1968
- JOSEPH G L QUIRION JRCorporal · April 3, 1968
- DANNY JOE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
From Willow Grove
- PEDRO ARNADO SWENSONCorporal · January 28, 1967
- CARL FREDERICK HYNEK IIICorporal · October 5, 1967
- JEAN PIERRE SOUZONLieutenant (junior grade) · March 16, 1970
- FRANCIS JOSEPH BUNCHStaff Sergeant · October 31, 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.