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RAYMOND EARL WRIGHT
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 25, 1947 – July 16, 1968
Service recordRaymond Earl Wright, of Portland, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 40
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Portland, Tennessee (Sumner County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1968; four of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 40
- CHARLES WESLEY SRADER JRPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
- JACOB BENNETTPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- PRENTICE J BENNETTCorporal · July 17, 1968
- EDGAR LEE BOWERSSpecialist Four · July 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD E BOWMANSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 38
- KENNETH JAMES CANTWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 38
- PAUL RICHARD FUSCOSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 39
- CHARLES WESLEY SRADER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 40
From Portland
- JAMES D HUNTERPrivate First Class · October 29, 1968
- ARTHUR EMMITT LIKENSSpecialist Four · February 29, 1972
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.