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RONALD HOWARD WIGGINS
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 12, 1943 – April 18, 1972
Service recordRonald Howard Wiggins, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1972, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1972
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1972; three of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
He died in Phu Yen Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 2
- LEONARD RAY DAVISSeaman · April 17, 1972
- TOMMY JOE BECKERPrivate First Class · April 18, 1972
- GREGORY WILLIAM HERMANNChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 18, 1972
- DAVID DONALD STOVERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1972
Same unit, same day
- TOMMY JOE BECKERPrivate First Class · Panel 1W, Line 2
- GREGORY WILLIAM HERMANNChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 1W, Line 2
- DAVID DONALD STOVERSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 2
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 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.