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Personal info

Full name
HIGLEY, Earle Grandon
Date of birth
1 July 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
Hometown
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
O1322919
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
Jüngersdorf-Merode, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 7 18

Immediate family

Members
Frank H. Higley (father)
Mary A. (Holcomb) Higley (mother)
Harold A. Higley (brother)
Doris Higley (sister)
Dorothy Higley (sister)
Ethel Higley (sister)
Grace (Philbrick) Higley (wife)

More information

1st Lt Earle G. Higley joined the National Guard in Hartford, Connecticut on 3 December 1942 as a private. He served several years with National and State Guard units and enlisted in regular army service, with an infantry outfit. He was commissioned second lieutenant in July, 1943, at Camp Benning in Georgia and was promoted to first lieutenant in August, 1944. Lt Higley went overseas in March, 1944 and took part in the D-day invasion of France. He was wounded in action on June 7 and received the Purple Heart and the Silver Star. He was among the first infantryment to enter Aachen.
A graduate of Bulkeley High School, he completed courses of the American institute of Banking and was employed by the Hartford National Bank and Trust Company before entering the service. He was a member of the Orient Lodge of Musons.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.history.army.mil, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card, www.newspapers.com - Hartford Courant

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.newspapers.com - Hartford Courant