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EDWARD C HIGGINS III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 8, 1947 – November 26, 1967
Service recordEdward C Higgins III, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wireman (36A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 8, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1967; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 91
- MANUEL HERNANDEZCorporal · November 26, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM HICKEYPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- ALBERT HUGH HORTONCorporal · November 26, 1967
- RICHARD PAUL HOUSTONCorporal · November 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DALE PORTER BERTHOUXSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 88
- JONATHAN BLUE JRPrivate · Panel 30E, Line 88
- JAMES WILLIAM HICKEYPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 91
- DONALD HENRY MIKULECKYSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 93
- CHARLES R PITTSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 93
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.