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ROBERT M HIGGINBOTHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 25, 1945 – May 14, 1969
Service recordRobert M Higginbotham, of Rockville, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 6
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Rockville, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 6
- WILLIAM ROBERT HALECorporal · May 14, 1969
- CURTIS RAY HARRISSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- GEORGE GLEN HEATHERLYSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- PHILLIP HERNANDEZSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD BOUTTRYCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 1
- RONALD WALTER FEROUGESpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 5
- MICHAEL KENT FULTZSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 5
- HENRY LAWRENCE OWENSSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 9
From Rockville
- FRANCES F NOVELLOSergeant · September 3, 1965
- GERALD LEE CROSBYPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- STEVE WESTLEL HARRISPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- TOMMY EUGENE DICKERSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT ROXBURGH GROOMCorporal · November 11, 1967
- AUSTIN RICHARD VONKLEISTSergeant First Class · December 16, 1967
- ROBERT DAVID MASONSeaman · December 21, 1967
- JAMES BUCKNER HALLCorporal · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM ABERNATHYSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- BALFOUR OLIVER LYTTON JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1968
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.