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JERRY WAYNE HIGGINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 26, 1946 – February 18, 1967
Service recordJerry Wayne Higgins, of Cordova, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Cordova, Alabama (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 58
- THOMAS ALAN GRAYSpecialist Four · February 18, 1967
- JOHN R GRIMESCorporal · February 18, 1967
- HILARIO B LEANIO JRSergeant · February 18, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE LOMAUROLance Corporal · February 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BILLY GENE CONLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 55
- HERBERT JOHN ARCENEAUX JRSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 56
- LESTER BRIDGESPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 56
- JOHNNY EDWARD BURTONPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 56
- JAMES CLEVELANDSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 56
- DELMAR LEE CROCKETT JRSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 57
- WILLIAM IRVING GOULDPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 57
- THOMAS ALAN GRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 58
- HILARIO B LEANIO JRSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 58
- PABLO PATINOStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 60
- LARRY DAVID ROSSPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 60
- CHARLES SHAFFERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 60
From Cordova
- WOODIE LEE HICKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MELVIN LESLIE BENNETTSergeant · January 31, 1966
- LARRY PAUL BLACKPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- JIMMIE LEE JONESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- SAMUEL DAVID SMITHSergeant · May 11, 1968
- JAMES RAY MONCRIEFSpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
- ADRIAN ALAN AKINSSpecialist Five · October 25, 1969
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.