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REX WHEELER HIGHFILL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 17, 1946 – February 12, 1967
Service recordRex Wheeler Highfill, of Marshfield, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 20
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Marshfield, Missouri (Webster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 20
- ROGER WAYNE EDWARDSLance Corporal · February 12, 1967
- DONALD JASON EGAN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1967
- HAROLD JEFFREY GILBERTSergeant · February 12, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE HUTSONSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
From Marshfield
- WILLIAM RAY GOWERCaptain · July 29, 1966
- ALAN JAMES RUDDELLSpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
- JERRY LEON PETTYSergeant · May 18, 1968
- RONALD GENE WHITE SRSpecialist Five · July 2, 1968
- JOHN MARK HANSENSergeant · October 13, 1968
- JACK LAWRENCE BAGLEYFirst Lieutenant · October 27, 1970
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.