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PATRICK ALBERT HIGGINS
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 1, 1947 – May 10, 1968
Service recordPatrick Albert Higgins, of Porterville, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Porterville, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 9
- RAYMOND THOMAS HEYNELance Corporal · May 10, 1968
- PAUL EDWARD JACKSONPlatoon Sergeant · May 10, 1968
- ROBERT MILTON JACOBSCorporal · May 10, 1968
- RAUL SERRANO-ECHEVARRIAPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HERMAN L TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 16
- DAVID GEORGE THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 16
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
- RONALD DAVID SHOCKLEYAirman Apprentice · August 24, 1968
- LARRY GENE HIGGINBOTHAMSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- 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.