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DAVID OWEN BIGGS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1948 – June 11, 1969
Service recordDavid Owen Biggs, of Columbia, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 17
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbia, Kentucky (Adair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 17
- LEE ARTHUR WILLIAMSSergeant · June 10, 1969
- JAMES LOUIS ASHERCorporal · June 11, 1969
- EDWIN EVERETTE AXTONSergeant · June 11, 1969
- HAROLD MILTON BROWNStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWIN EVERETTE AXTONSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 17
- DUANE ELMER OLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 25
- RANDALL CHARLES ROBINSONCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 27
From Columbia
- WILLIAM RIEVES CURRYPrivate First Class · July 6, 1968
- FRANCIS RUSSELL MCGOWANSergeant · June 2, 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.