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EDWARD HUBERT HIGGINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 28, 1947 – June 6, 1968
Service recordEdward Hubert Higgins, of Tarpon Springs, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Tarpon Springs, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 4
- RALPH LEWIS HARPERLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- WILLIAM ALLEN HAYESPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- ALVA DEAN HENTHORNCorporal · June 6, 1968
- JASON AIREAL HOLESCorporal · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN FRANCIS DOLIM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 60W, Line 27
- JAMES HOLTCorporal · Panel 59W, Line 5
- CHARLES EDWARD MICKLESPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 8
- ROBERT LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 15
- ROGER DALE WEBERSergeant · Panel 59W, Line 17
- JACOB ROBINSON WELDINSergeant · Panel 59W, Line 17
From Tarpon Springs
- MICHAEL C DUNDASWarrant Officer 1 · August 15, 1966
- JOHN MILLARD SCHNEIDERSergeant · May 9, 1968
- RONALD DEAN COLEMANPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
- WILLIAM ALFRED HADSOCKPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- DENNIS PAUL NEALMajor · July 31, 1969
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.