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TOMMY DEE WRIGHT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 24, 1948 – May 20, 1969
Service recordTommy Dee Wright, of Centralia, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 20, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 60
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Centralia, Missouri (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 60
- JAMES ALEX JENKINSCorporal · May 20, 1969
- BRUCE IRVING LUTTRELLMaster Sergeant · May 20, 1969
- WILLIAM LINCOLN MARCYSergeant · May 20, 1969
- ROBERT J MCDOWELL JRLance Corporal · May 20, 1969
From Centralia
- ARTHUR EDWIN SANDERSSergeant · February 8, 1966
- MAURICE HARRISON KINKEADCorporal · September 26, 1968
- RODNEY LYNN GRIFFINSergeant · May 2, 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.