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Personal info

Full name
RIGSBY, Louis Hampton
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Georgia
Hometown
Fulton County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
20443673
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
3rd Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Best, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 10 18

Immediate family

Members
Morgan Rigsby (father)
Lonnie Rigsby (mother)
Mary E. Rigsby (sister)
William Rigsby (brother)
Donald A. Rigsby (brother)
Clarence Rigsby (brother)
Fay (Coleman) Rigsby (wife)
Linda F. Rigsby (daughter)

More information

Pfc Louis H. Rigsby enlisted in Atlanta, Georgia on 24 February 1941.

His brothers William and Donald also served.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record - Des Philippet, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/502/502_honor_pr.html, www.ancestry.com - Johnson Coleman Family Tree / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Georgia National Guard History