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LARRY CRAIG HIGGINSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 22, 1947 – September 15, 1968
Service recordLarry Craig Higginson, of East Ely, Nevada, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 64
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 22, 1947
- Home of record
- East Ely, Nevada (White Pine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 64
- HARRY B HAMBLETON IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 15, 1968
- VERN ALLEN HARRISPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- ROBERT HERALDPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- DOUGLAS GERALD IMPSONPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LILO ELMER ALDOUSCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 60
- RICHARD LEE COOPERSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 62
- FRANK WARREN CROSSChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 44W, Line 62
- ROBERT L FOSTERSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 63
- HARRY B HAMBLETON IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 64
- GEORGE FREDERICK KEIPERSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 65
- DUANE JOSEPH KUEHNPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 65
From East Ely
- JOHN ROBERT PIERINIPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- STEPHEN EARL LARSENPrivate First Class · June 7, 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.