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LEONARD THOMAS HIGDON
Captain · U.S. Army
September 20, 1944 – May 21, 1970
Service recordLeonard Thomas Higdon, of Ft Benning, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Ft Benning, Georgia (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 75
- CHARLES HORTON EUBANKSpecialist Four · May 21, 1970
- ROBERT EDWARD GORSKEWarrant Officer 1 · May 21, 1970
- THOMAS ANTHONY GOWERSSpecialist Four · May 21, 1970
- STANLEY RAYMOND HANSENSpecialist Five · May 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JUANITO MAIQUEZ ESCANOSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 74
- LARRY JAMES KIRKLANDSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 76
From Ft Benning
- JAMES LANE TALLEYSergeant · June 19, 1964
- MILES HENRY NELSONFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1967
- DAVID ARTHUR PURSERCorporal · March 16, 1968
- ROBERT HELM WOODCorporal · April 9, 1968
- ROLAND NATHANIEL BARNABYSpecialist Five · July 12, 1968
- DONALD WILLIAM BROWNCorporal · August 23, 1968
- FRED ORR JACKSON JRCaptain · September 5, 1969
- FRANKLIN LEE WEISNERMajor · October 10, 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.