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OVID KEITH WIGGINS
Chief Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 9, 1922 – August 14, 1965
Service recordOvid Keith Wiggins, of Churchland, Virginia, served as a Chief Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 14, 1965, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Chief Master Sergeant (CMSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 9, 1922
- Home of record
- Churchland, Virginia (Portsmouth (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1965
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1965; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 52
- FREDRIC MOORE MELLORLieutenant Colonel · August 13, 1965
- GEORGE HAROLD NORTONCaptain · August 13, 1965
- HARRY EUGENE THOMASCommander · August 13, 1965
- JERRY WAYNE TOONAirman Second Class · August 13, 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.