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DAVID ROGER WIGGINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 23, 1948 – April 6, 1969
Service recordDavid Roger Wiggins, of Monroeville, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 27
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Monroeville, Alabama (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 27
- JOHN WILLIE BLACKWELLSpecialist Five · April 6, 1969
- LEO JOE SCHROLLER JRCorporal · April 6, 1969
- GLENN WILLIAM THOMASLance Corporal · April 6, 1969
- RICHARD THOMAS WARNERPrivate First Class · April 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL EDWARD MAPLESSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 26
From Monroeville
- JAMES CONRAD MARSHALLCorporal · January 31, 1968
- CARTER PARKER JRStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1970
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.