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KENNETH LEE HIGGINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 6, 1949 – February 20, 1970
Service recordKenneth Lee Higgins, of Ft Fairfield, Maine, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 36
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Ft Fairfield, Maine (Aroostook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1970; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 36
- EDWARD CLARK CALDWELL IIIPetty Officer Second Class · February 20, 1970
- REGGIE WESTEL HINSONSpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
- DAVID ALLEN HOCKETTFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1970
- FLOYD RAY JOHNSONPrivate · February 20, 1970
From Ft Fairfield
- DAVID AUSTIN COXLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- DANNY LEE DUPREYCorporal · September 22, 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.