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WILLIAM SPENCER SIGMON JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 22, 1949 – May 1, 1970
Service recordWilliam Spencer Sigmon JR, of Lincolnton, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Lincolnton, North Carolina (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 11W, Line 82
- JOSEPH STEPHEN TATUMSergeant · May 1, 1970
- CARL DEE WOOTTENPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1970
- ROBERT ALMASYSergeant · May 2, 1970
- DAVID WILLIAM BARNETTStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1970
From Lincolnton
- RALPH R SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · June 13, 1966
- FRANK REGINALD CAUTHENCorporal · July 12, 1968
- ROBERT LEONARD WEHUNTCaptain · December 23, 1969
- DENNIS LEE DAVESSergeant · September 13, 1970
- CARL EUGENE OWENSSpecialist Four · October 30, 1970
- PAUL HENDERSON LAWING JRSergeant · June 14, 1972
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.