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ALLEN L HIGGINBOTHAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 22, 1943 – April 2, 1966
Service recordAllen L Higginbothan, of South Bend, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 75
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1943
- Home of record
- South Bend, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 75
- WILLIAM DONALD HASTYLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL HOFFMANStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- ALEXANDER JOHN NE MENZIESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JAMES MOORE JRPrivate First Class · April 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS EUGENE DORRISSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 73
- GEORGE STEVE FRANKLINSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 74
- KEITH LEROY SHIPPPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 78
- JIMMY B TAYLORSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 78
- LESTER JEFFERSON THORNELLSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 78
From South Bend
- JOHN RUSSELL HILLSMajor · February 14, 1966
- RONALD LEE RUNKELLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- EVEANS JERRY STULTSSergeant · September 2, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE KASAStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1967
- LARRY FLOYD JANKOWSKIPrivate · May 8, 1967
- RUSSELL PERRY MILLERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- LONNIE MICHAEL HOLMESSergeant · June 15, 1967
- LEE CHARL HITCHCOCKCaptain · September 10, 1967
- MICHAEL JENNINGS HALLSecond Lieutenant · January 8, 1968
- PAUL MICHAEL ROBERTSPrivate · January 20, 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.