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ROBERT DANIEL HIGBEE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 10, 1945 – August 10, 1966
Service recordRobert Daniel Higbee, of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 10, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 123
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 123
- WALTER PHILIP JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1966
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH KINDREDPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE KLECKLEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- CHEVO GARCIA LARASpecialist Four · August 10, 1966
From Drexel Hill
- CONAL JOSEPH BYRNE JRPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN CALLAHANPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- RICHARD CRAWFORD NELSONCommander · March 6, 1968
- WILLIAM ALLEN REESFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- DONALD RAY WENTZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- DENNIS ROSS PAUL ISOMCaptain · March 3, 1969
- DONALD BRYAN MANCILLFirst Lieutenant · September 6, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES KERLCaptain · February 6, 1971
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.