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HIRAM ELI MARVIN WIGGINS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 7, 1925 – January 20, 1967
Service recordHiram Eli Marvin Wiggins, of London Bridge, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Amphibian Operator (61D)
- Born
- June 7, 1925
- Home of record
- London Bridge, Virginia (Virginia Beach (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1967
- Age
- 41
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 60
- GARY PAUL WORRELLPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- EUGENE OGDEN CONLEYLieutenant Colonel · January 21, 1967
- GEORGE GRADY COOPERMajor · January 21, 1967
- ALBERT BARCINAS DOYLESergeant · January 21, 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.