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Personal info

Full name
HIGGINS, Frank Stanley
Date of birth
9 October 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Cohoes, Albany County, New York
Hometown
Albany, Albany County, New York

Military service

Service number
32180614
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
86th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
6th Armored Division,
A Troop
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 February 1945
Place of death
Near Pronsfeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 1 51

Immediate family

Members
William Higgins (father)
Lena Higgins (mother)
Stanley J. Higgins (brother)
William Higgins (brother)
Elmer Higgins (brother)
Ruth Higgins (sister)
Dorothy Higgins (sister)

More information

Sgt Frank S. Higgins attended St Bernard's Academy and was the assistant manager at Woolworths in New York City.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 2 September 1941 and was sent overseas in February 1944.

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, www.super6th.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, The Times Record - 12 March 1945