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JOSEPH WIGGINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 10, 1946 – February 16, 1967
Service recordJoseph Wiggins, of St Petersburg, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 53
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 10, 1946
- Home of record
- St Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1967; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 53
- LUIS VIGO-NEGRINStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- WILLIAM DAVID WESSELLSStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- LARRY PAUL BLACKMANSpecialist Four · February 17, 1967
From St Petersburg
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- ARTHUR R MOODY IIISergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 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.