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DANNY TRENT HIGGS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 18, 1946 – March 6, 1966
Service recordDanny Trent Higgs, of Battle Creek, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 6, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 126
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Battle Creek, Michigan (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “I CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 126
- LLOYD CALVERIA WILSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- CLIFTON WINNINGHAMPlatoon Sergeant · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD GRAHAMPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- GREGORY JAMES MONROEPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RICHARD GRAHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 126
- MARIO YBARRAPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 127
- CHARLES LOUIS ZOOGPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 127
From Battle Creek
- BENJAMIN PAUL NORTONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- ROGER DUWAINE WHITEPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- MARK ROBERT LANDERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JAMES ROY GILLESPIEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- KENNETH BERNARD DEANPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- WILLIAM CAREL BARNES JRPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY ROGERSSergeant · March 6, 1968
- PAUL LOWELL FREDERICKSONCorporal · May 9, 1968
- LARRY LEE LISKOWSergeant · September 11, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SMITH JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 27, 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.