Wright, Arthur
Army Specialist 4

Arthur Wright, age 40, from Lansing, Michigan, Ingham county.

Service era: Vietnam

Spouse: Ulvah Wright. She was notifed in 1977 that the military believe Arthur was dead.

Children: Mary K. Wright, 20; Edward, 18; Mago, 23; Arthur Wright Jr.; Johnny, 13

Parent: Violet Wright

School: Everett High

Date of death: February 21, 1967
Death details: Specialist 4 Arthur Wright entered the U.S. Army from Michigan and served in Battery A, 1st Battalion, 44th Artillery Group. On February 21, 1967, he was manning a listening post at the gate of a U.S. Marine Corps combat base in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, with two other soldiers. During his shift, SP4 Wright told his two companions that he was going out to check the perimeter wire, and that if he did not return by a certain point to report him to the Battery A orderly room. He then left his post and proceeded forward, where he told a crew from Battery B that he was going to check the wire and not to shoot. SP4 Wright then headed for the wire and was not seen again. Subsequent searches for him or his remains were unsuccessful. Today, Specialist 4 Wright is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Lansing State Journal (1977)