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RICHARD HUGH WRIGHT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 14, 1944 – April 2, 1966
Service recordRichard Hugh Wright, of Halstead, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 2, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 79
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Halstead, Kansas (Harvey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1966; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 79
- RALPH MAURICE WILLIAMSLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- DONALD EARL YOUNGLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JOHNNY B BOSTONPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- LEO MICHAEL DONKERMajor · April 3, 1966
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.