Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
Headstone of Gary Gene Wright
U.S. Air Force · United States United States

Gary Gene Wright

Colonel
1930 – 1967
Purple Heart
Air MedalNational Defense Service MedalVietnam Service MedalRepublic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Wall · Panel 14E
Life Keepsakes Service Decorations Shadow Box Memorials Laid to Rest In Our Keeping

Colonel Gary Gene Wright served in the U.S. Air Force. Gary served with the 11 TRS. Gary served in the Vietnam War. Gary was 36 years old.

How They Died
Manner Undetermined
Cause Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance Missing in action
Keepsakes
WRIGHT GARY GENE - Vietnam War Veteran
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Service Record
U.S. Air Force
11TH TAC RECON SQDN, 432ND TAC RECON WING, 7TH AF
1323F: Pilot
COL
PILOT
SAN DIEGO, CA
1974
Pay grade O06.
Conflicts
Vietnam War
Awards & Decorations 5

For service and achievement

Purple Heart
Air Medal

Campaign and service medals

National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Foreign awards

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Memorials
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 14E · Line 47 cut as GARY G WRIGHT
Burial Information
Cemetery National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
In Our Keeping
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Gary Gene Wright
Colonel
U.S. Air Force
- 1974
11th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
Colonel
Purple Heart
Air Medal National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

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