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DENNIS EDWARD HIGGINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 15, 1944 – January 19, 1966
Service recordDennis Edward Higgins, of Ft Edward, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Ft Edward, New York (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 79
- RONNIE JOE HERRINGTONCorporal · January 19, 1966
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- LEANDREW SPENCER JRPrivate First Class · January 19, 1966
- CLAUDE WILLIAM THARPSergeant · January 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CLAUDE WILLIAM THARPSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 79
- RAYMOND LAVOY BOATWRIGHTSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 80
From Ft Edward
- OWEN DAVID GOODSELLSpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM COLLIERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- GENE FRANCIS COLVINSergeant · July 1, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCCARTYFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1967
- JOSEPH MICHAEL DANGELICOSpecialist Four · January 2, 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.