Virgil Alexander Wright, III

Rank/Rate:    Interior Communications Electrician, First Class

Birth Date:    December 25, 1944

From:    Nashville, Tennessee

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Submarine:    USS Scorpion (SSN-589)

Loss Date:    May 22, 1968

Location:    Approximately 400 miles southwest of the Azores

Circumstances:    There is still no incontrovertible proof of the exact cause or causes of Scorpion’s loss.

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NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS SCORPION (SSN589)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Scorpion (SSN-589)

Find a Grave Memorial: Virgil Alexander Wright III, Hollywood Cemetery, Wartrace Tennessee

Return to Lost Tennessean Roster

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Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association

Perpetuating the memories of submariners who didn’t come home

Chairman: Mike Anderson (SK2(SS)USN) | President: Patrick Ryan (YNC(SS), LCDR USN)

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Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association

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