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Personal info

Full name
RIGGS, Donald Keith
Date of birth
4 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Kansas
Hometown
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
37342980
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 March 1945
Place of death
Aegidienberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 13 21

Immediate family

Members
Harrison Riggs (father)
Susie M. (Mullen) Riggs (mother)
Kenneth Riggs (brother)
Virginia L. Riggs (sister)

More information

Pfc Donald K. Riggs enlisted in Denver, Colorado on 9 March 1943.

He attended high school for 4 years.

Pfc Donald K. Riggs was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle Block K4, Row 2, Grave 40.

He is remembered at the Leann Cemetery in Leann, Barry County, Missouri.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1910/1920 Census / various family trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Joan Vinery