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RUSSELL L WRIGHT III
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
July 9, 1947 – September 3, 1968
Service recordRussell L Wright III, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 34
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 34
- THOMAS FRANK POSTCorporal · September 3, 1968
- STEVEN JAMES RIGGSFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1968
- TIMOTHY EDWARD SHANOWERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1968
- MARC EDWARD SNELLSpecialist Four · September 3, 1968
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.