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WILLIAM REID HIGHT
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 19, 1944 – February 23, 1968
Service recordWilliam Reid Hight, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 74
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 74
- ROBERT EARL GREENSpecialist Four · February 23, 1968
- DONALD GENE HICKSPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE HILLPetty Officer Third Class · February 23, 1968
- LOUIS ALVARADO MARTINEZPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EARL GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 74
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
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.