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WAYMON LEON TRIGGS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 19, 1946 – October 10, 1968
Service recordWaymon Leon Triggs, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 43
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1968; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 43
- EVERETT LEROY DAUGHERTY JRPrivate First Class · October 10, 1968
- GARY CLARENCE SMITHSpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
- JAMES WALTER SZCZUPAJSergeant · October 10, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM TUSKEY SRSpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE BLAIRSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 38
- STANLEY GEORGE DENISOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 39
- MICHAEL EUGENE EVANSCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 39
- ERISTEO GUTIERREZ JRSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 39
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBINSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 39
- EUGENE ALLEN HANDRAHANSergeant First Class · Panel 41W, Line 40
- BAYNES BALLEW MCSWAIN JRSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 41
- ANGEL LUIS RAMOSPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 42
- MICHAEL EUGENE RANDALL SRCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 42
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.