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LYNNFORD HARLOW HIGLEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 22, 1946 – January 9, 1969
Service recordLynnford Harlow Higley, of Lawrence, Kansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 60
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Lawrence, Kansas (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 60
- FLOYD IRA GRANGER JRFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1969
- LARRY GREENPrivate First Class · January 9, 1969
- BRUCE BRADLEY HARTMANSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- JESSE BOYD HAYESSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HUGH MCNEIL BYRD JRCaptain · Panel 35W, Line 58
- RICHARD CHARLES SEESpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 61
- THOMAS JAMES SHAFERCaptain · Panel 35W, Line 62
From Lawrence
- LONNIE DALE SNOWLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- DELBERT LEROY RYANPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- WILLIAM R DENNIS IIISeaman Apprentice · March 18, 1967
- DAVID PARKER GIBSONCaptain · April 8, 1967
- JAMES RAYMOND COOPERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE DILLONStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1967
- RAYMOND VENSON BROWNINGCorporal · October 12, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT BOWMANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- LONNIE GUY LEBOMBARBSergeant · February 9, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE BOYDSeaman · March 25, 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.