David Irvin Wright

Vietnam War
Unit14th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
RankMajor U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromAnnapolis Maryland
Date of DeathNovember 13 1970
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Major Wright was a member of 14th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Udorn Air Base, Thailand. On November 13, 1970, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Phantom II Reconnaissance Fighter (RF-4C) on an aerial reconnaissance mission east of Tan Ap in Ha Tinh Province, North Vietnam. As the aircraft made a low pass on a target, it exploded and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.