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Personal info

Full name
BIGGS, Walter Leslie
Date of birth
29 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
New York County, New York
Hometown
New York City, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
32797754
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
Medical Detachment,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 December 1944
Place of death
Rimling, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 6 18

Immediate family

Members
Albert Biggs (father)
Elizabeth Biggs (mother)
Albert Biggs (brother)
Ethel Biggs (sister)
Dorothy Biggs (sister)
Marjorie Biggs (sister)
Ivy Biggs (sister)
Charlotte Biggs (sister)
Margaret G. (Rooney) Biggs (wife)

More information

Pfc Walter L. Biggs attended high school for two years before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 9 February 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

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 / 1930/1940 Census / New York Marriage License Indexes, http://87thinfantrydivision.com
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