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WALLACE LUTTRELL WIGGINS
Major · U.S. Air Force
December 10, 1943 – February 3, 1968
Service recordWallace Luttrell Wiggins, of Whittier, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 3, 1968, in Laos, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1125D)
- Born
- December 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Whittier, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 37E, Line 15
- EUGENE DURWOOD TREADWELLSergeant · February 3, 1968
- ROBERT RANDALL VANGILDERPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- HOWARD GREGORY VAUGHNSergeant · February 3, 1968
- JOHN KNUTE WEBERStaff Sergeant · February 3, 1968
From Whittier
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MCROBERTSSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL OLANDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- RICHARD MIGUEL HARTNELLPrivate First Class · July 31, 1966
- DANNY RAY RUNDLEPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN CARDCorporal · February 16, 1967
- HUGO ARTHUR BOCANEGRAPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MELENDREZSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN THIRKETTLEPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1967
- DANIEL ALEXANDER VERDUGOLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT BLAIR ENGLAND IIPrivate First Class · January 29, 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.