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ROBERT LEE WRIGHT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 28, 1946 – November 4, 1966
Service recordRobert Lee Wright, of Moscow, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 26
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wireman (36A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Moscow, Tennessee (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 26
- BOBBY YOUNGPrivate · November 4, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT BLEVINSSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- ROY ROGER BLEWETTPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- GERALD LEE BOURDEAUPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
From Moscow
- ARTHUR MURRY WOODPrivate First Class · June 27, 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.