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PHILIP GREGORY WIGTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 4, 1946 – May 9, 1968
Service recordPhilip Gregory Wigton, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 2
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- April 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 2
- HERBERT LEROY TUTTLE JRLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- CLARENCE H WASHINGTON JRStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN WAYSACKCorporal · May 9, 1968
- FRED LAMAR WHILES JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
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.