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Personal info

Full name
HIGGINS, Donald Robert
Date of birth
27 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland
Hometown
Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33904833
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
Luchem near Langerwehe, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 5 28

Immediate family

Members
Frank Higgins (father)
Mary C. Higgins (mother)
Frank G. Higgins (brother)
Iris Higgins (wife)
Frank Higgins II (son)

More information

Pfc Donald R. Higgins enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 24 March 1944.
He attended high school for 4 years and was a chauffeur before he enlisted. He was a graduate of the Augusta Military Academy, Augusta, Virginia. Pfc Higgins was employed by his father, a distributor for the Sinclair Refining Co.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Evening Star 29 December 1944