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MERLE ROBERT HIGGINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 6, 1947 – June 5, 1969
Service recordMerle Robert Higgins, of Mercer, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 74
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Mercer, Pennsylvania (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 74
- STEVEN WAYNE HERRINGSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
- KERRY EUGENE HESSFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1969
- RICHARD JEROME HOLMANWarrant Officer 1 · June 5, 1969
- THOMAS GLEN HORALPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL BELLAMYStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 70
- DAVID PATRICK CALLAHANSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 71
- JERRY MICHAEL DAILEYSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 72
- ROBERT SHELDON DANKERTSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 72
- SHERMAN WILLIAM GREGORYSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 73
- JACK HATFIELDSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 73
- EDWARD EARL KINGCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 75
- CLYDE DAVID LAHRSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 75
- ROBERT EBERT LANGSTONCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 75
- JAMES ARNOLD MARDIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 76
- PATRICK EDWARD POPPENGACorporal · Panel 23W, Line 77
- CHARLES MARLIN RAMSEYSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 78
- FRANK TORTORICIPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 80
- JOSEPH VALESKO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 80
- JAMES DANIEL WALKERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 80
- MILFORD HOMER WENSELCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 81
From Mercer
- CARL JAMES FORRESTERSergeant · February 1, 1966
- ALBERT KRISUNAS CHRISTYStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1966
- DAVID ELROY BAUNSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- RICHARD LEE MCNEISHPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- MILES BRADLEY HEDGLINPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- MAURICE EDWIN GARRETT JRCaptain · October 22, 1971
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.