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ALFRED FRANCIS WIGGINS JR
Private · U.S. Army
May 5, 1951 – June 5, 1970
Service recordAlfred Francis Wiggins JR, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 5, 1951
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 17
- RONALD ALEX STALEYStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1970
- STEVEN RUSSELL STEFANSKISergeant · June 5, 1970
- ARCHIE EDWARD TRIMMPrivate First Class · June 5, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD BECKLEYSpecialist Four · June 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SCOTTY RAY BROADSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 12
- DANNY LEE DEWEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 13
- DONALD JAMES LUNDEQUAMWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 14
- RALPH S ROUSSELL JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 16
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.