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ROY VICTOR WIEGAND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 22, 1947 – January 6, 1968
Service recordRoy Victor Wiegand, of Marine, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 62
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Marine, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 62
- JERRY WAYNE WICKAMCorporal · January 6, 1968
- DANIEL LEE WISELYSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARD WOLFEPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- PETER ALLEN ZANCAFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALVIN BAILEYCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 55
- JAMES ALLEN CROSBYCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 56
- PETER ALLEN ZANCAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 62
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.