Guy A. Wiggins

Guy A. Wiggins
Personal details
Born	1920 Lyme, Connecticut
Nativity	United States
Religion	Protestant
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	19180524
Rank	Technician Fifth Grade
Camp Ritchie	Class 26 (3 January – 3 March 1945)
Section	4H
Enlisted	Los Angeles, California

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Guy A. Wiggins (born 1920) was a Ritchie Boy (from United States; Protestant) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 26.

Biography

Wiggins came from a family of artists. Guy Wiggins volunteered in WWII and trained at Camp Ritchie. He might have made painting his career, but his training at Camp Ritchie and service in the Pacific Theater in World War II led him to a career in the Foreign Service. Nevertheless, he found time to continue painting part time, and after he retired, he worked full time for 25 years as an artist. He served in the Southwest Pacific front and was eventually posted to Douglas MacArthur's headquarters in Tokyo after Japan's surrender. He went on to earn degrees from UCLA (BA), Harvard (MA), and London School of Economics (M.Sc. While working at the Department of State, he studied art at the Corcoran School and the Sculptors Studio. After retirement, he resided in New York City, where he did many paintings of scenes from Greenwich Village and other urban sites.

Research notes

• Artist

Gallery

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  This picture of the Metropolitan Museum in Manhattan is one of my favorites

Technical record

Field	Imported value
Nara ASN	19180524
Nara Name	WIGGINS GUY A
Nara State	91
Nara County	73
Nara POE	9141
Nara DOE	71142
Nara Grade Alpha	PVT
Nara Grade Code	8
Nara Branch Alpha	AC
Nara Branch Code	20
Branch	Air Corps
Nara Term or Enlistment	5
Term of enlistment	Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Defer. Date	0
Nara Source	0
Nara Nativity	11
Nativity.1	CONNECTICUT
Nara Year of Birth	20
Nara Race	1
Nara Race Description	White citizen
Nara Education	6
Nara Civilian Occupation	66
Nara Marital Status	6
Nara Height (inches)	71
Nara Weight (lbs)	141
Class_ASN	19180524
Class_Name	WIGGINS, Guy A.
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Timeline

• Born 23 August 1920 in Lyme, CT.
• Served with Counter Intelligence in SWPA (8th Army) and with.

Sources

• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2020-09-01 (2 posts)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Guy A. Wiggins for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Wiggins, Guy A. for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: GUY A. WIGGINS.doc)