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HERBERT WIGFALL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 28, 1947 – June 15, 1967
Service recordHerbert Wigfall JR, of Charleston Heights, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 110
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Charleston Heights, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 110
- BRUCE TOWNSENDSergeant · June 15, 1967
- HUBERT CLARENCE VANPOLLStaff Sergeant · June 15, 1967
- FREDERICK JOSEPH WILLIAMSSergeant · June 15, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL BOWMAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 103
- JOE ROBERT DEBAULTStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 104
- JUAN JOSE GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 105
- LAWRENCE ADAMS HURDSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 106
- MICHAEL RAYMOND OJILEPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 107
- FLOYD H RUSSELL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 108
- LOUIS JAMES PURDYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 109
- VALENTINO TAUAESESpecialist Five · Panel 21E, Line 109
- FREDERICK JOSEPH WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 110
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 110
From Charleston Heights
- JOSEPH LEVERN RABONPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHN HENRY GARNERPetty Officer Third Class · May 29, 1967
- LAWRENCE W WILSONSpecialist Four · July 7, 1967
- CHARLES A JONESSpecialist Four · August 8, 1967
- WILLIAM DANIEL SEASEMaster Sergeant · September 8, 1967
- CLYDE A RHINEHARTSergeant · February 11, 1968
- WAYNE WOOD KNUPPSpecialist Four · June 30, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE WARNERSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- STEVEN LEROY PESSIERSergeant · September 4, 1969
- RONALD DALE PATECorporal · February 5, 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.