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THOMAS WAYNE WIGGINS
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 6, 1949 – February 15, 1971
Service recordThomas Wayne Wiggins, of Lake Providence, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 110
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Lake Providence, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1971; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 110
- GABRIEL TRUJILLOSergeant · February 15, 1971
- KENNETH WAYNE TUCKERCorporal · February 15, 1971
- GERALD PAUL WICKCaptain · February 15, 1971
- JAMES BASIL CARTERPrivate First Class · February 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH WAYNE TUCKERCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 110
From Lake Providence
- JAMES HARVEY JONESSpecialist Four · January 26, 1967
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.