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RIGGSBY, Billy Daris - Date of
birth
7 December 1920 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Morgan County, Kentucky -
Hometown
Morgan County, Kentucky
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35638774 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
18 November 1944 - Place of
death
Hamich, Hürtgen Forest, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Jesse Riggsby (father)
Jennie A. (Cox) Riggsby (mother)
Noah A. Riggsby (brother)
Ethel C. Riggsby (sister)
Nannie M. Riggsby (sister)
Walter S. Riggsby (brother)
Fay Riggsby (sister)
More information
Pfc Billy Riggsby enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 6 November 1942. He was a farmer beofre he enlisted.
Source of information:Raf Dyckmans, Owen Cox, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com,
www.16thinfantry.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com