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IMLAY SCOTT WIDDISON
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 24, 1946 – May 12, 1968
Service recordImlay Scott Widdison, of Woods Cross, Utah, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 15
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Woods Cross, Utah (Davis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 17 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.
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 59E, Line 15
- GRIFFIN ELI SCARBOROUGHCaptain · May 12, 1968
- BRUCE JEFFREY WILDERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- ROY CHARLES WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · May 12, 1968
- ALVY EUGENE WOODPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALAN BOWERSSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 30
- JOHNNIE CARTER JRSergeant First Class · Panel 58E, Line 31
- ANTONIO GUZMAN-RIOSSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 3
- WILLIAM JACK EISENHOWERSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 6
- RANDALL LYNN LLOYDCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 7
- HARRY DUNCAN SISKStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 13
- JOHN CHARLES STULLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 13
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.