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TERRY TIM WRIGHT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 23, 1947 – October 10, 1965
Service recordTerry Tim Wright, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 17. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 118
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1965
- Age
- 17
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 118
- JAMES RICHARD DISCHERTLance Corporal · October 11, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS FAULKNERSergeant · October 11, 1965
- EDWARD A MALEWICZ JRPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- JIMMIE LEE MINCKSSergeant · October 11, 1965
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD MICHAEL HAMBRICKSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 116
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 116
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 1966
- RONNIE ELMON HALLPrivate First Class · March 28, 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.