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WILLIAM FRANKLIN DIGGS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 28, 1947 – September 15, 1969
Service recordWilliam Franklin Diggs, of Howell, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Howell, Michigan (Livingston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 88
- MICHAEL HERMAN THOMASFirst Lieutenant · September 14, 1969
- LOYD DEAN ACOSTALance Corporal · September 15, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH ARNOLDPetty Officer First Class · September 15, 1969
- WILLIAM TIMOTHY BUSHEYCorporal · September 15, 1969
From Howell
- BRENT BRITTEN NAUSSSpecialist Four · September 2, 1969
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.