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DENNIS MICHAEL HIGGINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 7, 1952 – November 10, 1971
Service recordDennis Michael Higgins, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 65
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 7, 1952
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1971; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 65
- HENRY FLOYD DELLECKERSergeant · November 10, 1971
- RAYMON HORACE JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · November 10, 1971
- FRANCIS JAMES KLASSENWarrant Officer 1 · November 10, 1971
- HOWARD MARSHALL STEINFELDFirst Lieutenant · November 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL CLARKSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 64
- JAMES PATRICK DELANEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 64
- HENRY FLOYD DELLECKERSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 65
- FRANCIS JAMES KLASSENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 65
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
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.