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EDWARD WAYNE PIGG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 14, 1946 – May 11, 1968
Service recordEdward Wayne Pigg, of Mt Vernon, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Mt Vernon, Illinois (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 27
- MICHAEL BRUCE TURNERCorporal · May 11, 1968
- KEITH DAN VINCENTCorporal · May 11, 1968
- THOMAS LEE WADESpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- EDWARD WALKERSergeant · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT VERNON BENNETTSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 19
- PEARL BUSHStaff Sergeant · Panel 58E, Line 19
- JUAN MACIAS JIMENEZSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 22
From Mt Vernon
- KENNETH DEANE THOMAS JRCaptain · May 5, 1966
- JACK EMANUEL CROUCH JRLance Corporal · September 24, 1966
- JERRY PAUL WITTSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- STEPHEN JAY SMITHPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- LEONARD JEFFREY RICHARDSPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- FREDRICK HALL BECKMEYERPetty Officer Third Class · February 4, 1968
- CARL EDWARD PILKINGTON SRSergeant Major · April 25, 1969
- RONALD WAYNE STEWARTPrivate First Class · March 14, 1971
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.