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WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 27, 1943 – May 23, 1966
Service recordWilliam Clay Wright JR, of Flushing, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 106
- WILLARD R RYANSergeant · May 23, 1966
- FERMIN SALDANA JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- STANLEY WILLIAM SALYERSergeant · May 23, 1966
- JOHN MILLIAN BATISTEPrivate First Class · May 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DANIEL GILLPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 105
- LOUIS RIDINGSStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 105
- STANLEY WILLIAM SALYERSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 106
From Flushing
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT FRANK MEGLIOLieutenant Commander · February 6, 1968
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.