Tommy Dee Wright
Private First Class
C CO, 1ST BN, 3RD MARINES, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Centralia, Missouri
May 24, 1948 to May 20, 1969
TOMMY D WRIGHT is on the Wall at Panel W24, Line 60
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12 Jun 2007

Tommy was my close personal friend in high school. I shall miss him forever. He was killed 4 days before his 21st birthday. Tommy had been in-country only weeks before his death.

From a friend,
Bill Sims
billshar@grm.net


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

On 20 May 1968 three men from Charlie 1/3 were killed in a grenade attack on their position about 8 kilometers northwest of Cam Lo:
  • Cpl James A. Jenkins, Marion, NC (Silver Star);
  • Pvt John S. Taylor, Granby, CT (Silver Star); and
  • Pfc Tommy D. Wright, Centralia, MO.

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