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Personal info

Full name
HIGGINS, George F
Date of birth
6 May 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
La Porte, La Porte County, Indiana
Hometown
Gary, Lake County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35898504
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Truck Driver, Light
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Halsenbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 4 68

Immediate family

Members
William H. C. Higgins (father)
Grace E. (Brown) Higgins (mother)
Catherine A. Higgins (wife)
George F. Higgins Jr. (son)

More information

Pfc George F. Higgins graduated from the University of Illinois and was an engineer.

He enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 9 November 1943.

He was killed while driving a jeep towards Halsenbach, Germany when the convoy was strafed by enemy aircraft.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Indiana Birth Certificates / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Dolores Maxwell