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JOHN BILL HIGGINBOTHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 24, 1948 – February 12, 1970
Service recordJohn Bill Higginbotham, of San Saba, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 12, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 1
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 24, 1948
- Home of record
- San Saba, Texas (San Saba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1970; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 1
- LARRY HERMAN GOSCHKASergeant · February 12, 1970
- PAUL ELDEN JONESLance Corporal · February 12, 1970
- WILLARD DOUGLAS KELLYSergeant · February 12, 1970
- LEE MYRL LESHENSpecialist Five · February 12, 1970
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.