Wayne Wiley Wright Collection (3552) Finding Aid
Collection Item Number: 35520000000
- Collection
- Wayne Wiley Wright Collection
- Title
- Wayne Wiley Wright Collection (3552) Finding Aid
- Finding Aid Date
- 2025-04-07
- Linear Feet
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- Language(s)
- English
- Dates
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Creation: Majority of material found within 1963 - 1972
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of artifacts, a frequency publication, pilot's checklists, song lyrics, slides, and photographs documenting Colonel Wayne Wright's U.S. Army service as a CH-21 and UH-1 gunship pilot with the 118th Assault Helicopter Company (1963-1964), as the 1st Aviation Battalion's intelligence and assistant operations officer (1967), and as Commanding Officer of the 62nd Aviation Company (1972). Also included is an oral history interview conducted with Colonel Wright.Biographical / Historical
Colonel Wayne Wiley Wright was born in 1938 in Dallas, TX. He joined the U.S. Army through ROTC in 1962. He completed three tours of duty in Vietnam. From 1963-1964, he served as a CH-21 and UH-1 gunship pilot with the 118th Assault Helicopter Company. In 1967, he returned to Vietnam and served with the 1st Aviation Battalion as the battalion's intelligence and assistant operations officer. His final tour of duty was from late 1971 through 1972, during which time he served as Commanding Officer of the 62nd Aviation Company. He was stationed at Bien Hoa, Phu Loi, and Danang.- 1
- Oral History
OH0884 - Interview with Wayne Wiley Wright
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- Photographs
6 photographs - Marble Mountain; village woman watering crops; local civilians (including children); b&w; various sizes (1 oversize)
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- 11
- Museum Objects
3552museum7394 - Flight helmet with carrying case
3552museum7439 - 118th Aviation Company patch
3552museum7440 - The Royal Coachmen patch
3552museum7441 - The Royal Coachmen patch
3552museum7442 - The Royal Coachmen plate
3552museum7443 - 62nd Aviation Company plate
3552museum7444 - U.S. Army IFR Plotter
3552museum7445 - Survival Kit Individual Part I
3552museum7446 - Survival Kit Individual Part II
3552museum7447 - Flight Helmet
3552museum7448 - 118th Aviation Company Bandits smoking jacket
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- 457
- Slides
457 slides - Vung Tau; helicopters and other aircraft, including damage and crashes (CH-21, Caribou, UH-1B, CH-37; AH-1B, C-123, CH-34, Mohawk, T-28); Can Tho; ARVN; Ca Mau, villages (burning); Soc Trang; Gia Ranh; local civilians (including children); Tay Ninh; Nui Ba Den; Ben Cat; training; Saigon; Tu Duc; Bien Hoa; Phuc Vinh; Trung Lap; Cau Khoi; rubber plantation; firing rockets; night scenes; cemeteries; search and destroy missions; Viet Cong; wounded; Vietnamese Air Force; funeral; Cu Chi; war damage; propaganda; Tan Son Nhut; pilots; Cao Dai Temple celebration; Vietnamese soldiers; An Hiep; captured materiel; Song Be; markets; Ben Tre; Phan Rang; Vinh Loi; Mekong Delta; Cambodia; Hong Kong (Kowloon); Hong Kong Bay; reservoirs; hotels; residences; refugees; restaurants; China; street scenes; memorials; chapels; President's Palace; Manila, Philippines; water buffalo; volcano; LZs; Montagnards; airstrikes; boats; An Loc; rivers; Pleiku; Quang Ngai
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- Box 1 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, [Individual - W ]]
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=35520000000
- Citation
- Wayne Wiley Wright Collection (3552) Finding Aid, Wayne Wiley Wright Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=35520000000, Accessed 09 Feb 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 35520000000, Wayne Wiley Wright Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 07 Apr 2025 [Updated: 23 May 2025]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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Address
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Email
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