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THOMAS BRIGHT JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 20, 1947 – March 12, 1969
Service recordThomas Bright JR, of Warrensburg, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Warrensburg, Missouri (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 17
- JULIO CESAR WELDPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- HARRISON WINE JRPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- JACK BERNARD YOUNGPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1969
- FRED J BRIDGES JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JACKIE LAWRENCE CROSBYCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 18
- LAWRENCE ROBERT ESSERSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 18
- SIGMOND MICHAEL SIKORSKISpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 24
- GERALD LEROY THARPPrivate · Panel 29W, Line 25
From Warrensburg
- MARTIN COXSergeant First Class · April 7, 1966
- RONALD LEON BOWMANPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- TROY EDWARD HIRNI IISpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- HAROLD HENRY HUNTERSergeant · January 27, 1969
- CHARLES FRANK MORLEYMajor · February 18, 1970
- CLYDE LEE COFFMANSpecialist Five · April 4, 1970
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.