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VERNON MIKELL WIGGINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 11, 1950 – January 25, 1970
Service recordVernon Mikell Wiggins, of Ocala, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Ocala, Florida (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 67
- CARL JOHN PREUSSCorporal · January 25, 1970
- VICTOR P SANNICOLASSpecialist Four · January 25, 1970
- GEORGE THOMAS SPILLERSSergeant · January 25, 1970
- JAMES VINCENT VINCIGUERRASpecialist Four · January 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES VINCENT VINCIGUERRASpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 67
From Ocala
- HAROLD GOLDMANPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOHN WILLIAM ROWLAND JRCorporal · January 23, 1966
- GEORGE AARON MORNINGSTARSergeant · June 9, 1966
- DONALD GENE VERNONSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- SAMUEL T SCRIVENPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- JIMMIE LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- OSCAR LOW THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HOPPERLance Corporal · October 28, 1967
- MAURICE THERON WILLIAMSPlatoon Sergeant · February 17, 1968
- LUCIUS ANDERSON JRSergeant · March 14, 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.