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DAVID LLOYD WIGHTMAN III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 27, 1946 – August 3, 1967
Service recordDavid Lloyd Wightman III, of Fair Oaks, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Fair Oaks, California (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 75
- IGNACIO ESPINOSA SABLANLance Corporal · August 3, 1967
- EDWIN FRANCIS UPRIGHTSergeant · August 3, 1967
- JOHN DUDLEY WILEYCaptain · August 3, 1967
- JACK WOLPELance Corporal · August 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TROY MURL PUCKETTSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 74
From Fair Oaks
- LAWRENCE ALAN BRITTENCaptain · March 30, 1966
- JOHN RICHARD HUMPHREYCaptain · November 26, 1966
- ALGER EDGAR DURELL JRSpecialist Four · April 6, 1967
- RANDALL BRIAN RAINVILLEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
- KENNETH DALE STRAINAirman · July 29, 1967
- DENNIS KARL SHOWERSSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD CHESTERPetty Officer Third Class · March 27, 1968
- CLIO C FEATHERSTON JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- JOHN CARL GUENTHER JRSergeant · June 29, 1969
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS MOOREFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 1969
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.