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TYRONE WRIGHT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 17, 1946 – November 9, 1967
Service recordTyrone Wright, of Compton, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 64
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1967
- 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
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 64
- CHARLES EDWARD WEAVERMajor · November 9, 1967
- JAMES CALVIN WHITMOREPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- ROBERT J WINTERSSpecialist Four · November 9, 1967
- VINCENT B BAKERPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT MICHAEL BATESSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 56
- ANTHONY EUGENE BUCKNERPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 56
- DONALD STEVEN HOLKESpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 58
- JAMES RAY HOWARDSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 59
- ROBERT LAWRENCE HALEPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 60
- DENNIS RICHARD PODGORNYCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 61
- ROBERT E SCHARON IIICorporal · Panel 29E, Line 61
- LARRY DOUGLAS SHARPPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 62
- BILLY TEMPLETONPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 63
- FREDDIE LEE THOMAS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 63
- QUINN WILLIAM TICHENORPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 63
- JAMES CALVIN WHITMOREPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 64
- ROBERT J WINTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 64
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1967
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.