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RICHARD LEE HIGGINBOTHAM
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 15, 1949 – April 11, 1970
Service recordRichard Lee Higginbotham, of Scottsboro, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 124
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Scottsboro, Alabama (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 124
- EDWARD EMANUEL HOWARDSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
- GARY DONALD JEFFERSONSergeant · April 11, 1970
- RONNIE LLOYD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1970
- JAN HOUSTON NELSONFirst Lieutenant · April 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HARLAN EUGENE DANIELSPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 122
- LEO MCEACHERNStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 125
From Scottsboro
- GEORGE MCCUTCHENColonel · November 20, 1965
- HOWARD EDWARD PHILLIPSCaptain · January 31, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD CHAMBERSCorporal · July 15, 1966
- EUGENE EMMETT MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- JAMES LARRY CROCKETTStaff Sergeant · July 1, 1968
- WILLIAM AVALON PARKERWarrant Officer 1 · July 26, 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.