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JAMES ARTHUR HIGHSMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 18, 1946 – April 1, 1971
Service recordJames Arthur Highsmith, of Wenona, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 99
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Wenona, Illinois (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 99
- JERRY KEITH BOBBITTSergeant · April 1, 1971
- JAMES DEAN DAVISCorporal · April 1, 1971
- DONALD JAMES HAVELPrivate First Class · April 1, 1971
- ARTHUR HERNANDEZCorporal · April 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DONALD JAMES HAVELPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 99
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.