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ROY EVERETT BRIGHT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1947 – April 17, 1969
Service recordRoy Everett Bright, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 98
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 98
- THOMAS WAYNE SNYDERPrivate First Class · April 16, 1969
- ROBERT LEE BITTINGER JRCorporal · April 17, 1969
- KENNETH R BULLSergeant · April 17, 1969
- JOHN JAMES CORWIN IICorporal · April 17, 1969
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 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.