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ROBERT CARROL WRIGHT
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 13, 1947 – January 2, 1970
Service recordRobert Carrol Wright, of Elk City, Oklahoma, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 121
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Elk City, Oklahoma (Beckham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1970; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 121
- DENNIS ERWIN DEBNERWarrant Officer 1 · January 2, 1970
- GARY LYNN DAVISCorporal · January 3, 1970
- RICHARD TERRANCE DEROSIERWarrant Officer 1 · January 3, 1970
- GARY ERNEST EICHELERPrivate First Class · January 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TANNER MARTIN BROWN JRCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 117
- JOSEPH MICHAEL DANGELICOSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 117
- FRANK MELVIN DUNSMORE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 118
- RAUL GARCIA JRCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 119
- STEVEN LYNN GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 119
- DALLAS RAY SNODGRASSCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 120
From Elk City
- CARL ROBERT MILLERLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- JIMMIE EDWARD TRENTSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- ROBERT FRANKLIN WILCOXSONFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 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.