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ROBERT NORMAN WRIGHT
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 11, 1936 – April 10, 1968
Service recordRobert Norman Wright, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 18
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Master Or Mate (561A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 11, 1936
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 18
- RONALD JOSEPH WOJTKIEWICZFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1968
- STANLEY ZALEWSKI JRCorporal · April 10, 1968
- FRANK PAUL ADDICEHospitalman · April 11, 1968
- PAUL JAMES ALLENCorporal · April 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK HARRY BUSHEYPrivate · Panel 49E, Line 8
- DONALD EUGENE CALHOONSergeant Major · Panel 49E, Line 9
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.