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JOSEPH RICHARD TWIGG JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 21, 1949 – December 28, 1968
Service recordJoseph Richard Twigg JR, of Cumberland, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 1
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Cumberland, Maryland (Allegany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 1
- CLIFTON CARDELL THORNCorporal · December 28, 1968
- CLARENCE LEON WELSCH JRCorporal · December 28, 1968
- JAMES GREER WRIGHT SRSergeant First Class · December 28, 1968
- VICTOR LEROY AUSTINStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD WAYNE BRUTSCHERCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 83
- WILLIAM EDWIN FERGUSONCaptain · Panel 36W, Line 84
- ALVIN WARNER ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 87
From Cumberland
- FREDERICK NORMAN BAKERSpecialist Four · June 12, 1965
- WELLINGTON MARTIN DONAHUEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- CHARLES E ARONHALT JRFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN MCMAHONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WERTMANLance Corporal · October 5, 1967
- JOHN DERWOOD SAVILLE JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- JOSEPH PATRICK ROWLEYSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- ROGER DALE WILFONGStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GENTRYPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- THOMAS JACOB TORRINGTONLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
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.