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EDWIN RAY HIGGINS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 15, 1938 – September 13, 1966
Service recordEdwin Ray Higgins, of Glendale, Arizona, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 68 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 15, 1938
- Home of record
- Glendale, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 91
- ALONZA EVANSPrivate First Class · September 13, 1966
- BENJAMIN B FINZERFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- HOWARD WALKER KAISERFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
From Glendale
- RICHARD WILLIAM STRAHLCorporal · March 2, 1967
- STEPHEN THOMAS HEPNERSecond Lieutenant · May 2, 1967
- JOE EDWARD KINSEYCorporal · December 29, 1967
- SAM FESTIS BEACH JRCaptain · January 17, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD LUCASSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- ALBERT MARTINEZ RIZOCorporal · May 12, 1968
- JAMES LEE KRISELLLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM RASMUSSENPrivate First Class · November 7, 1969
- MICHAEL PHILLIP DIMMERSpecialist Five · December 30, 1969
- JOSE ANGEL SANTA CRUZPrivate First Class · February 1, 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.