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WILLIAM R HIGGINBOTHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 24, 1950 – February 17, 1971
Service recordWilliam R Higginbotham, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 114
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
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 114
- LESTER WARREN ALIPIOSergeant · February 18, 1971
- JAMES EARL AUSTINMaster Sergeant · February 18, 1971
- RICHARD THOMAS BAKERStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1971
- GEORGE PHILLIP BERGChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD K WILLHITE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 113
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 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.