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EARL ROGER BIGGS
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
March 23, 1932 – November 11, 1967
Service recordEarl Roger Biggs, of Matheny, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He was lost on November 11, 1967, in An Giang Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 57
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 Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 23, 1932
- Home of record
- Matheny, West Virginia (Wyoming County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 11, 1967
- Province
- An Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in An Giang Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 34E, Line 57
- PETER RAY WILLEYPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- HERBERT ROY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- JIMMIE RAY BLISSETTSpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- LARRY THOMAS BRENTSpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
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.