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Personal info

Full name
HIGGINS, Walter Clifford
Date of birth
14 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
North Bergen, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
North Bergen, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32167999
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
Halloville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 11 37

Immediate family

Members
Thomas Higgins (father)
Mary Higgins (mother)
Margaretta Higgins (sister)
Allen Higgins (brother)
Charles Higgins (brother)

More information

Cpl Walter C. Higgins was a messenger before he enlisted in Trenton, New Jersey on 15 August 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1920 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy