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Personal info

Full name
RIGGS, Edwin Lee
Date of birth
13 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Anderson, Madison County, Indiana
Hometown
Madison County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35090678
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
Military Hospital
Rosbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 7 18

Immediate family

Members
Chester W. Riggs (father)
Alma F. (Beatty) Riggs (mother)
Chester J. Riggs (brother)
Bobby L. Riggs (brother)
Gean A. Riggs (brother)

More information

Cpl Edwin L. Riggs graduated from Anderson High School in 1940 where he earned the nickname 'Professor'. He later was employed at Delco-Remy.

He enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 4 February 1943 and was first assigned to the Air Corps. He was sent overseas on 4 March 1945.

He died of wounds, received the same day.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery Ittenbach, Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, Anderson Daily Bulletin, 24 April 1945, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Madison County (IN) Historical Society; Anderson High School Yearbooks 1940, The Anderson Daily Bulletin - 24 April 1945