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LARRY GENE HIGGINBOTHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 24, 1948 – March 1, 1969
Service recordLarry Gene Higginbotham, of Porterville, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 2
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Porterville, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 2
- JAMES ADOLPH CRAFTCorporal · March 1, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN FLOYDLance Corporal · March 1, 1969
- LOUIS AARON GEORGEPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- JOHN BROWN GIBSON JRStaff Sergeant · March 1, 1969
From Porterville
- RODNEY BALAAM CARTERCommander · October 26, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WATSONChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 25, 1967
- WAYNE DOUGLAS WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- CLIFFORD ALAN JONESPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- RONNIE LOUIS PHELPSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- GEORGE HAROLD WINKEMPLECKPrivate First Class · October 10, 1967
- EDDIE D TURNERCorporal · October 23, 1967
- PATRICK ALBERT HIGGINSCorporal · May 10, 1968
- RONALD DAVID SHOCKLEYAirman Apprentice · August 24, 1968
- DENNIS FLOYD ELLISPrivate First Class · March 19, 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.