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RODERICK MICHAEL WRIGHT
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 14, 1947 – February 6, 1968
Service recordRoderick Michael Wright, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Construction And Utilities Worker (51A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
He died in South Vietnam while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 76
- HENRY ARTHUR WRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · February 6, 1968
- WILLIAM LLOYD YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- JOSE GENE ABARASergeant · February 7, 1968
- EARL FREDERICK BURKESergeant First Class · February 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CARL JOSHUA WIENEKESpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 74
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.