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THEODORE W HIGH IV
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 11, 1945 – May 15, 1970
Service recordTheodore W High IV, of Augusta, Georgia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 45
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 254 MED DET USARV
- Born
- May 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Augusta, Georgia (Richmond County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1970; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 45
- DOUGLAS CARROLLLance Corporal · May 15, 1970
- LLOYD GEORGE HOWIELieutenant (junior grade) · May 15, 1970
- PETER PATRICK W KELLOGGFirst Lieutenant · May 15, 1970
- STEVEN LEBARSSpecialist Four · May 15, 1970
From Augusta
- WILLIAM JEFFERSON LINDSEYPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- TOMMIE GARRETTCorporal · December 18, 1965
- PAUL EUGENE SWIMPlatoon Sergeant · May 8, 1966
- ROGER DORSEYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- PHILLIP MALCOLM PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- PHILLIP JACOB MOOGSecond Lieutenant · August 10, 1966
- HOWARD D ULMER JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1966
- WILLIAM FORSYTH SPERRYSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- ROBERT RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- GERALD WAYNE INGLETTPrivate First Class · June 4, 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.