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VESTIE TIMOTHY DRIGGERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 26, 1944 – November 29, 1968
Service recordVestie Timothy Driggers, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 5
- GEORGE ARTHUR FOSTER IIISpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- JOHN RUFUS GASTON JRPrivate First Class · November 29, 1968
- JOHNIE REESE GODWIN JRFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1968
- JESUS EPHRAIM GOMEZ JRCorporal · November 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HERIBERTO BLANCOPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 4
- JESUS EPHRAIM GOMEZ JRCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 5
- TERRYL GLENN PARTSAFASSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 7
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.