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BIGGS, James H "Buster" - Date of
birth
1 February 1924 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Arkansas -
Hometown
Cane Hill Township, Washington County, Arkansas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
17052975 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
9 December 1944 - Place of
death
Saarlautern, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Robert E. Biggs (father)
Mary E. (Leach) Biggs (mother)
Ethel Biggs (sister)
Louise Biggs (sister)
George Biggs (brother)
More information
Pfc James H. Biggs attended high school for 2 years before he volunteered for the U.S. Army on 24 March 1942.He is remembered at the Prairie Grove Cemetery in Prairie Grove, Arkansas.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cutler Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman / Ctwardo