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ROBERT JAMES WIGGIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 2, 1932 – February 13, 1968
Service recordRobert James Wiggin, of Eliot, Maine, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 2, 1932
- Home of record
- Eliot, Maine (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 27
- NORMAN THOMAS DAGOSTINOSpecialist Four · February 13, 1968
- TIM THOMASCorporal · February 13, 1968
- ALEX ROBERT TOLPAROFFSpecialist Four · February 13, 1968
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MIGUEL ANGEL DIAZ-COLLAZOPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 20
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 27
From Eliot
- JAMES PATON NICHOLSONPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
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.