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WYLEY WRIGHT JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 7, 1931 – March 9, 1964
Service recordWyley Wright JR, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 7, 1931
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1964
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1964. In March 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 46
- THOMAS JAMES BERGINCaptain · March 14, 1964
- RICHARD ELMER JAECKFirst Lieutenant · March 14, 1964
- ROGER EDWARD GAUVINCaptain · March 15, 1964
- CARLETON WEBSTER UPTONSpecialist Five · March 15, 1964
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- LLOYD JOEL MONSEWICZSergeant · November 17, 1965
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.