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RICHARD JOHN WRIGHT
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
April 20, 1941 – February 8, 1967
Service recordRichard John Wright, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 10
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- April 20, 1941
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 10
- JOSEPH STEVEN MEISBURGERSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- FREDERIC WILLIAM MILLERFirst Lieutenant · February 8, 1967
- JACK MCCOMBS SECREST JRSecond Lieutenant · February 8, 1967
- PETER MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1967
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.