![[The Purple Heart Medal]](../awards/ph.gif)
--- General / Personal ---
Last name: WRIGHT
First name: GROVER C JR
Home of Record (official): DORAN
State (official): VA
Date of Birth: Tuesday, January 28, 1947
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Married
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: SP5
Serial Number: 13888993
Component: Regular
Pay grade: E5
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11B20
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Air Cavalry Troop
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Wednesday, January 24, 1968
Date of Casualty: Thursday, April 18, 1968
Age at time of loss: 21
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Drowned, suffocated (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Bien Hoa
The Wall: Panel 50E - Row 043
---
Interment ---
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
3201 Front Street
Richlands, VA 24641
(276) 964-4410