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LEWIS LAMAR BIGGERS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 31, 1948 – August 26, 1968
Service recordLewis Lamar Biggers, of Metter, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 26
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Metter, Georgia (Candler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 26
- WENDELL WARREN ANDERSONSpecialist Four · August 26, 1968
- EARL SHERMAN BAZEMORESpecialist Four · August 26, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN BILBO JRLance Corporal · August 26, 1968
- RICHARD LAWRENCE DAUGHERTYCorporal · August 26, 1968
From Metter
- ROYNALD EDWARD TAYLORStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WILEY DEAN HOOKSSpecialist Four · May 9, 1970
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.