Wright, Thomas Thawson, Col

POW/MIA
 
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Last Rank
Colonel
Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1555D-Weapon Systems Officer
Last AFSC Group
Weapons and Munitions
Primary Unit
1968-1979, Status - POW/MIA
Service Years
1962 - 1968
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Colonel

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Home State
Indiana
Indiana
 Year of Birth
1934
 
This Military Service Page was created/owned by SSgt Robert Bruce McClelland, Jr. to remember Wright, Thomas Thawson, Col.

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Contact Info
Home Town
Gary, Indiana		 Last Address
Udorn RTAFB, Thailand
MIA Date
Feb 27, 1968		  
Cause
MIA-Finding of Death		 Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location
Vietnam, North (Vietnam)		 Conflict
Vietnam War
Memorial Coordinates
41E 057

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 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Vietnam Veterans MemorialThe National Gold Star Family Registry
  2012, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
  2023, The National Gold Star Family Registry


 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:


He and his pilot, Col. (then Maj.) Gilbert S. Palmer Jr., were shot down during an unarmed photo-recon mission. The crash site in Laos near the North Vietnam border was not found until 1999. Some of Col. Palmer's remains were found but it can not be learned at this time if some of Col. Wright's were as well.  He was promoted to colonel while in MIA status. 

This Veteran has an (IMO) In Memory Of Headstone in Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii with another memorial in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.


 
   
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  1968-1979, Status - POW/MIA

Colonel
From Month/Year
February / 1968 		To Month/Year
July / 1979
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Rank
Colonel		 AFSC/MOS
Not Specified
Base, Station or City
Not Specified		 State/Country
Vietnam, North (Vietnam)
   
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 Status - POW/MIA Details

Status - POW/MIA
Type
Space Communications 		 
Parent Unit
Status - Special Circumstance 		Strength
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Created/Owned By
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Last Updated: Feb 28, 2023
   
   
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262 Members Also There at Same Time
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Status - POW/MIA
Alley, Gerald William, Col, (1954-1972) 01 Colonel
Biediger, Larry William, Col, (1953-1967) 01 Colonel
Green, Norman Morgan, Col, (1942-1968) 01 Colonel
Guy, Theodore Wilson, Col, (1949-1975) 01 Colonel
Heggen, Keith Russell, Col, (1952-1972) 01 Colonel
Killian, Melvin Joseph, Col, (1940-1965) 01 Colonel
Ott, William August, Col, (1956-1970) 01 Colonel
Palmer, Gilbert Swain, Col, (1950-1968) 01 Colonel
Simonet, Kenneth Adrian, Col, (1942-1981) 01 Colonel
Standerwick, Robert Laurin, Col, (1958-1971) 01 Colonel
Stavast, John Edward, Col, (1944-1980) 01 Colonel
Thorsness, Leo Keith, Col, (1951-1973) 01 Colonel
Ballard, Arthur Theodore, Lt Col, (1954-1975) 01 Lieutenant Colonel
Cobeil, Earl Glenn, Lt Col, (1956-1970) 01 Lieutenant Colonel
Craner, Robert Roger, Col, (1953-1980) 01 Lieutenant Colonel
Fieszel, Clifford Wayne, Lt Col, (1963-1968) 01 Lieutenant Colonel
Gideon, Willard Selleck, Col, (1952-1983) 01 Lieutenant Colonel
Hatcher, David Burnnet, Lt Col, (1954-1974) 01 Lieutenant Colonel
Hivner, James Otis, Col, (1953-1976) 01 Lieutenant Colonel
Hopper, Earl Pearson, Lt Col, (1965-1968) 01 Lieutenant Colonel
Horinek, Ramon Anton, Lt Col, (1953-1983) 01 Lieutenant Colonel
Leetun, Darel Dean, Lt Col, (1955-1966) 01 Lieutenant Colonel
Lilly, Warren Robert, Col, (1956-1980) 01 Lieutenant Colonel
McKnight, George Grigsby, Col, (1955-1986) 01 Lieutenant Colonel
Myers, Armand Jesse, Col, (1953-1983) 01 Lieutenant Colonel
Padgett, James Phillip, Lt Col, (1955-1982) 01 Lieutenant Colonel
Stirm, Robert Lewis, Col, (1953-1977) 01 Lieutenant Colonel
Stratton, Charles Wayne, Lt Col, (1960-1971) 01 Lieutenant Colonel
Van Loan, Jack Linwood, Col, (1954-1984) 01 Lieutenant Colonel
Bolstad, Richard Eugene, Col, (1948-1979) 01 Major
Claflin, Richard Ames, Maj, (1963-1967) 01 Major
Elander, William James, Lt Col, (1957-1978) 01 Major
Gotner, Norbert Anthony, Lt Col, (1958-1978) 01 Major
Heiliger, Donald Lester, Col, (1955-1985) 01 Major
Jones, Murphy Neal, Col, (1960-1981) 01 Major
Pyle, Thomas Shaw, Lt Col, (1954-1976) 01 Major
Shingaki, Tamotsu, Lt Col, (1956-1983) 01 Major
Alpers, John Hardesty, Lt Col, (1961-1983) 01 Captain
Browning, Ralph Thomas, Brig Gen, (1964-1992) 01 Captain
Cook, Glenn Richard, Capt, (1967-1969) 01 Captain
Daffron, Thomas Carl, Capt, (1965-1970) 01 Captain
Driscoll, Jerry Donald, Col, (1963-1987) 01 Captain
Ferguson, Douglas David, Capt, (1967-1969) 01 Captain
Herrick, James Wayne, Capt, (1967-1969) 01 Captain
Hoffson, Arthur Thomas, Col, (1965-1992) 01 Captain
Irsch, Wayne Charles, Capt, (1964-1968) 01 Captain
Rodriguez, Albert Eduardo, Capt, (1965-1968) 01 Captain
Price, Larry Donald, Capt, (1970-1978) 01 First Lieutenant
Lollar, James Leon, Capt, (1967-1982) 01 Technical Sergeant
Ligon, Vernon Payton, Col, (1942-1974) 102 1021A [Other Service Rank]
Appleby, Ivan Dale, Col, (1952-1967) 149 Colonel
Burns, Donald Ray, Col, (1951-1977) 00 Colonel
Cherry, Fred Vann, Col, (1951-1981) 00 Colonel
Copeland, Harney Carrol, Col, (1953-1979) 900 99016O Colonel
Corbitt, Gilland Wales, Col, (1943-1967) 149 1495Z Colonel
Finney, Arthur Thomas, Col, (1948-1966) 11 Colonel
Foley, Brendan Patrick, Col, (1957-1967) 111 1115A Colonel
Henninger, Howard William, Col, (1956-1966) 102 1021A Colonel
Hiteshew, James Edward, Col, (1953-1979) 102 1021A Colonel

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