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ROBERT RICHARD WRIGHT JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 30, 1946 – October 21, 1968
Service recordRobert Richard Wright JR, of Hatboro, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 16
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Hatboro, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1968; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 16
- RICHARD WILLIAM STRONG JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 21, 1968
- JOHN DERRAL THOMASTechnical Sergeant · October 21, 1968
- HOWARD ELMER VANVLIETLieutenant Colonel · October 21, 1968
- RALPH ROBERT WENSINGERCaptain · October 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWIN EVERETT CARSONPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 10
- WILLIAM PAUL COHN JRSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 10
- GERARD COYLEPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 11
- LESTER ALLAN DOANSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 11
- MICHAEL ALLEN RANDALL SRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 14
- STEVEN PAUL SORICKPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 15
- RICHARD WILLIAM STRONG JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40W, Line 16
From Hatboro
- JAMES PATRICK KELLYSecond Lieutenant · September 27, 1965
- HAROLD EDWARD CASHMAN JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- RONALD CARLTON SMITHSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- JOSEPH LANNON JRPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN AHLUMCaptain · March 23, 1969
- ROBERT PRESTON RUTTLE JRSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
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.