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DONALD HOMER DWIGGINS JR
Captain · U.S. Army
July 28, 1944 – November 9, 1969
Service recordDonald Homer Dwiggins JR, of Raleigh, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Tank Unit Commander (71203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Raleigh, North Carolina (Wake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 49
- MICHAEL RAYMOND ETHERIDGEPrivate First Class · November 9, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD GUROVICHCorporal · November 9, 1969
- WAYNE GENE HUBBARDSpecialist Four · November 9, 1969
- MOSES B LUCASStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ANDREW BUSTAMANTECorporal · Panel 16W, Line 48
From Raleigh
- WILLIAM EDWARD DAVIS JRSecond Lieutenant · December 10, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD ALSTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEE ARTHUR MOORE JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- EDWARD SHEPHERDPlatoon Sergeant · May 21, 1966
- JOHN B DAVIS IIISpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WAYLAND DUNN JRSergeant · August 14, 1966
- LEON GORDON CHADWICK IIICaptain · November 14, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD OXLEYFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- SAMUEL ADAMS JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1966
- DONALD FRANK RHODESPrivate · January 7, 1967
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.