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Personal info

Full name
RIGGS, Mont Lamar
Date of birth
12 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Barnes City, Mahaska County, Iowa
Hometown
Mahaska County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37668750
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
194th Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 9 17

Immediate family

Members
Harley D. Riggs (father)
Eva C. (Barnes) Riggs (mother)
Pauline Riggs (sister)
Martha L. (Campbell) Riggs (wife)

More information

Pfc Mont L. Riggs graduated from Oskaloosa High School, attended Iowa State College and was a financial institution clerk.

He enlisted at Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa on 14 April 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, 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 / 1930/1940 Census / WWII Bonus Case File, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - Oskaloosa High School Yearbook 1945