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GARY LEE HIGBEE
Captain · U.S. Army
February 27, 1945 – August 8, 1968
Service recordGary Lee Higbee, of Montgomery, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 29
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Michigan (Hillsdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 29
- EDDIE DISMAYA JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
- JAMES MERTON EDWARDSLance Corporal · August 8, 1968
- REESE CURRENTI ELIA JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
- GERALD PETER GATEWOODSergeant · August 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DENNIS BARTLETTSpecialist Five · Panel 49W, Line 28
- WILLIAM SAMUEL IRBYSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 30
- ELIAS CASTRO JURADO JRSpecialist Five · Panel 49W, Line 31
- DICKIE LYNN LEACHSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 31
- RONALD LEE NOLDNERCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 32
- RICHARD ARTHUR OVAITTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 49W, Line 33
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.