James Earl Wright
Heavy Weapons Platoon, ”D” Company, 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 50th Infantry
Private First Class, E3, Posthumous Promotion to CPL, US53840145, MOS 11C20
Home of Record: Arab, AL
Date of Birth: March 29, 1945, Age at time of loss: 22, Married
1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), Binh Dinh Province, Republic of Vietnam
Start of Tour: September 1, 1967, Date of Casualty: December 10, 1967 Days in Country: 100
Casualty Type A1, Gun, small arms fire, Panel 31E – Row 079
Corporal James Earl Wright was killed by a
st sniper’s round as “D” Company came under heavy
1 small arms and automatic weapons fire from the Cavalry village of My An (2) on the 10th of December, 1967.
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