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JERRY LEE WIGGINS
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 17, 1944 – November 4, 1967
Service recordJerry Lee Wiggins, of Carrollton, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Carrollton, Missouri (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 23
- GLEN RAYMOND WILLIAMSSergeant · November 4, 1967
- THOMAS ELROY BALL JRSpecialist Four · November 5, 1967
- EARL GLENN COBEILLieutenant Colonel · November 5, 1967
- BOBBY GENE PATRICKSergeant · November 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KEVIN GREGORY FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 29E, Line 19
- RONALD JEROME BRITTCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 20
- CLYDE WALTER KLINGENSMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 20
From Carrollton
- JAMES WILLIAM SIMMSSecond Lieutenant · February 26, 1969
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.