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HONORED ON PANEL 54E, LINE 22 OF THE WALL
LEROY NORRIS WRIGHT
WALL NAME
LEROY N WRIGHT
PANEL / LINE
54E/22
DATE OF BIRTH
CASUALTY PROVINCE
DATE OF CASUALTY
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LEFT FOR LEROY NORRIS WRIGHT
POSTED ON 6.27.2010
POSTED BY: Robert Sage
We Remember
Leroy is buried at Monmouth Memorial Park in Neptune, NJ. DSC PH
POSTED ON 4.24.2009
POSTED BY: Class of 2009
Thank You
The students of Essex County Vocational High School in Newark, New Jersey honor your memory and your commitment to duty and country.
POSTED ON 2.27.2006
POSTED BY: Arnold M. Huskins
A true American hero
http://www.valorremembered.org/RPB_WrightIntro.htm
POSTED ON 10.8.2005
POSTED BY: CLAY MARSTON
IN REMEMBRANCE OF THIS MOST HEROIC UNITED STATES ARMY SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIER, A POSTHUMOUS RECIPIENT OF THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS, WHOSE NAME SHALL LIVE FOREVER MORE
SERGEANT FIRST CLASS
LEROY NORRIS WRIGHT
who served with
DETACHMENT B - 56
5th SPECIAL FORCES GROUP
1st SPECIAL FORCES
was a posthumous recipient of the
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
SILVER STAR
BRONZE STAR MEDAL with ' V ' for VALOR device
PURPLE HEART with Oak Leaf Cluster
ARMY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL
NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL
VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CAMPAIGN SERVICE MEDAL
and was entitled to wear the
COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE
and
ARMY PARACHUTE WINGS
THE PROUD YOUNG VALOR THAT ROSE ABOVE THE MORTAL
AND THEN, AT LAST, WAS MORTAL AFTER ALL
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
NOR SHALL YOU EVER BEEN
The action in which
MASTER SERGEANT
ROY BENAVIDEZ
became a recipient of the
ARMY MEDAL OF HONOR
concerned the actions on this day
See the following for more information
- www.valorremembered.org -
20 JULY 1999
POSTED ON 5.2.2004
POSTED BY: K. Gaddy
Thank you.
Brave soldier,
As part of the Gridley High School Posting Project in Gridley Illinois, I would like to take a moment to remember the sacrifice that you made for this country. I wish that I could have known you, so that I would know what about you inspired your dedication. You are a true hero!
As part of the Gridley High School Posting Project in Gridley Illinois, I would like to take a moment to remember the sacrifice that you made for this country. I wish that I could have known you, so that I would know what about you inspired your dedication. You are a true hero!