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JOHN FRANCIS HIGGINS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 10, 1949 – December 8, 1968
Service recordJohn Francis Higgins, of Lincoln Park, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 66
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Lincoln Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 66
- MARVIN LEO HARTMANSergeant · December 8, 1968
- RICHARD DALE JAMESCorporal · December 8, 1968
- JOHN KNOWLES KOSTERSpecialist Four · December 8, 1968
- LARRY LEE MARSHPetty Officer Third Class · December 8, 1968
From Lincoln Park
- GERALD ANTHONY KOSAKOWSKISpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM POWERSPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- ELI WAYNE NICHOLSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- RICHARD DENNIS KAMINSKIPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- RONALD LEE BECKETTCorporal · April 27, 1967
- GARY WAYNE KLINELance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN NELSONHospitalman · November 14, 1967
- VAUGHN THOMAS ONEILPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- JOHN FOLDVARY JRCorporal · March 17, 1968
- THOMAS JOHNSON BRADFORDCorporal · May 2, 1968
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.