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HENRY CHARLES BIGGERSTAFF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 26, 1947 – May 10, 1968
Service recordHenry Charles Biggerstaff, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 4
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 4
- WILLIAM GERALD BEHANSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH BLACKMANPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- GARY ALLEN BOCHESpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
- JAMES SCOTT BROWNCorporal · May 10, 1968
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
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.