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RALPH TAYLOR HIGDON
Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Army
March 4, 1916 – October 3, 1968
Service recordRalph Taylor Higdon, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 52. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 69
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Marine Engineering Technician (562A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 4, 1916
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1968
- Age
- 52
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1968. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 69
- DONALD GENE CLEAVERStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1968
- RONALD DAVID HORNStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 3, 1968
- GREGORY THOMAS JONESSergeant · October 3, 1968
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
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.