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CHARLES E HIGBEE JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 22, 1946 – January 13, 1969
Service recordCharles E Higbee JR, of North Charleston, South Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 82
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1946
- Home of record
- North Charleston, South Carolina (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 82
- VAUGHN ORMON DOTYSpecialist Four · January 13, 1969
- NORMAN DALE EATONColonel · January 13, 1969
- PHILIP CHARLES ERICKSONSergeant · January 13, 1969
- PAUL EVERETT GETCHELLLieutenant Colonel · January 13, 1969
From North Charleston
- JOHNNY RAY TRIPLETTSpecialist Four · July 20, 1965
- ARTHUR M DRIGGERS JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- RAYMOND WELLINGTON BLANDINLance Corporal · January 5, 1969
- BILLY JOE SCHAFFERStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
- LUTHER ALLEN GENESCorporal · September 12, 1970
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.