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RICHARD BRIGHT
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
January 26, 1946 – July 21, 1966
Service recordRichard Bright, of Chula Vista, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 21, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 51
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- January 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Chula Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 51
- DAVID LOYALL BERRYSpecialist Four · July 21, 1966
- WILLIE B CARYPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- STEPHEN KEITH DIBBSergeant · July 21, 1966
- DOUGLAS ROBERT FRENCHLance Corporal · July 21, 1966
From Chula Vista
- PAUL ARTHUR WILDAUERLieutenant Commander · March 2, 1964
- RICHARD EARL SIPESPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · February 13, 1967
- WILSON E BIBLER JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- EDWIN EARL COOPERHospitalman · February 24, 1967
- JOHN IGNATIUS HIGGINS JRHospitalman · October 14, 1967
- RICHARD D WEEDERSpecialist Five · October 17, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD BIERNACKISergeant · March 14, 1968
- RAYMOND OMER KINCANNONCaptain · April 1, 1968
- ARTHUR BOBBITTCorporal · April 14, 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.