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FRED DEAN HIGHBERGER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 15, 1947 – October 26, 1969
Service recordFred Dean Highberger JR, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 121
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Communitions Chief (31G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Greensburg, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 121
- JAMES JONESPrivate First Class · October 26, 1969
- RAYMOND JOSEPH KIESLERSergeant · October 26, 1969
- CLAUDE BRUCE LANDIS IISergeant · October 26, 1969
- BILLY JOE LEMLEYSpecialist Four · October 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT ARVISOSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 119
- JOHN WILLARD BEITLICHSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 119
- JOHN KENNETH GOETTPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 120
- BILLY JOE LEMLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 121
- RONALD DALE WESTPHALSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 122
- DAVID DESALES WINKLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 17W, Line 123
From Greensburg
- EDWARD JOHN GINTERSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT EARL STAUFFERSergeant · June 20, 1967
- TIMOTHY MORGAN DICKCorporal · December 11, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL GALATAPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- RICHARD IVORY CULLENSergeant · May 23, 1968
- CHARLES KENTON BURKART JRLance Corporal · June 22, 1968
- VINCENT PISCAR JRLance Corporal · July 19, 1968
- GEORGE ROBERT GARRISPrivate · March 15, 1969
- MICHAEL STEPHEN HRUTKAYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1969
- LARRY DALE PALMERSpecialist Four · February 20, 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.