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PHILLIP GERALD WRIGHT
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 6, 1943 – July 21, 1970
Service recordPhillip Gerald Wright, of Ashland, Kentucky, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 41
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Ashland, Kentucky (Boyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1970; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 41
- JOHN MICHAEL BABICHCorporal · July 22, 1970
- VIRGIL MARTIN BIXBYCorporal · July 22, 1970
- ROBERT JOSEPH BROWN JRCorporal · July 22, 1970
- STANLEY GENE DIEHLStaff Sergeant · July 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WALTER JOSEPH KACSOCK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 38
- MARVIN LEROY WAGNERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 8W, Line 40
- LANNY JOHN WALLACEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 40
From Ashland
- CHARLES DONALD SENTERSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- JAMES LEONARD FAINSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- BOBBY SENTERSStaff Sergeant · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM CLIFFORD FRALEYSergeant First Class · July 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD LEWISAirman First Class · May 12, 1967
- CARL PHILIP MCCORMICKSergeant · November 5, 1967
- ARTHUR JACKSON SANDERSStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- JOSEPH BRUCE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- DOUGLAS FRANKLIN LOUDENBACKPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM ALLENSpecialist Five · April 23, 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.