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JIMMY RAY HIGDON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 1, 1951 – April 11, 1970
Service recordJimmy Ray Higdon, of Ada, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 122
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- 0v-1 Airplane Repairman (67H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 1, 1951
- Home of record
- Ada, Oklahoma (Pontotoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 122
- WAYNE ALDEN BLOMSTROMSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
- JOHN CLIFFORD CHAVESPrivate First Class · April 11, 1970
- MICHAEL DUANE CLICKNERSergeant · April 11, 1970
- HARLAN EUGENE DANIELSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALONZO GARRETTSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 123
- BRADFORD GREG RACEYSpecialist Five · Panel 12W, Line 125
From Ada
- NOEL DON MARRLance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD MULLINSStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1966
- JACK WAYNE HALEYSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS BLANKENSHIPFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1968
- THOMAS HUGH BAKERMajor · November 4, 1968
- RAYMOND DALE THURMANSergeant · January 2, 1969
- JAMES GLENN UPCHURCHSecond Lieutenant · March 25, 1969
- LARRY GENE PADBERGPetty Officer Third Class · May 12, 1969
- DENNIS VAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
- RICHARD WARREN JONESCaptain · June 27, 1971
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.