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Personal info

Full name
HIGGINS, John P
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York

Military service

Service number
32652859
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 November 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 47 14

Immediate family

Members
James Higgins (father)
Mary Higgins (mother)
Thomas Higgins (brother)
Cathleen Higgins (sister)

More information

Pfc John P. Higgins enlisted in New York City, New York on 2 December 1942.

He attended high school for 3 years and worked in a machine shop before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery 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 / 1940 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
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