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DENNIS MICHAEL HIGGINS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 1, 1946 – June 21, 1967
Service recordDennis Michael Higgins, of Natick, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 28
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- November 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Natick, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 28
- HARLAN FLOYD ADAMSStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1967
- HOWARD LINTON BRITTSpecialist Four · June 21, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARDS CAMPBELLFirst Lieutenant · June 21, 1967
- RONNIE S CATANZARITIPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
From Natick
- THOMAS STEPHEN DONOVANPetty Officer Third Class · June 3, 1967
- KEITH MICHAEL FLUMERECorporal · March 11, 1968
- JOHN MARTIN MADDEN JRPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
- ROGER DAVID BROWNFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1969
- ELDON WILLIAM TOZERChief Petty Officer · November 20, 1969
- KEVIN FRANCIS LYNCHSpecialist Four · September 9, 1970
- RICHARD BENNETT RINEHARTCorporal · February 15, 1971
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.