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WALTER CLARENCE WRIGHT
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
October 30, 1947 – October 3, 1967
Service recordWalter Clarence Wright, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 3, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 46
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 46
- VAN HAROLD NEWVILLELieutenant Colonel · October 3, 1967
- FRED CONTRERAS NUNEZStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH ROGIERSMaster Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- WILLIAM WARD SCOVILLEAirman Second Class · October 3, 1967
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 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.