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VERNON ARTHUR WRIGHT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 11, 1949 – September 5, 1970
Service recordVernon Arthur Wright, of Indianola, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 41
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Indianola, Iowa (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 41
- LARRY EUGENE BROOKSCorporal · September 6, 1970
- GEORGE WILLIAM COLLINASergeant First Class · September 6, 1970
- LAWRENCE SAMUEL MARTINCorporal · September 6, 1970
- JESUS MORENO JRSpecialist Four · September 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EMORY THERON COATESSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 39
From Indianola
- MERRILL RAYMOND LEWIS JRColonel · May 25, 1966
- GLENN ARTHUR ADAMSChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 12, 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.