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LARRY MICHAEL WIGINTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 14, 1948 – June 10, 1966
Service recordLarry Michael Wiginton, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 10, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 32
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 32
- TERENCE RONALD TANGENPrivate · June 10, 1966
- MAX V VASQUEZ IIIPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- KENNETH G WEIGHTMAN JRAirman First Class · June 10, 1966
- TERRY LEE WILESPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.