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MICKY RAY HIGHLANDER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 9, 1947 – August 17, 1968
Service recordMicky Ray Highlander, of Dayton, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 33
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Dayton, Kentucky (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 33
- JOHN WILLIAM IGERTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1968
- NOBE RAY KOONTZ JRCaptain · August 17, 1968
- DAVID STEVEN LASSITERPrivate First Class · August 17, 1968
- LOREN VICTOR LEEPrivate First Class · August 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CARLOS GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 32
- JOSEPH R STEINER IIISergeant · Panel 48W, Line 35
From Dayton
- FRANK LESLIE ADAMSONPrivate First Class · June 24, 1965
- FREDRICK E BAUERLE IIISpecialist Four · April 28, 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.