Veterans' Memorial Project

George Francis Higgins

Gary, IN

World War II

College: Fine & Applied Arts

Graduation Year: 1938

Service Branch: Army

Rank: Private First Class

Date of Birth: 05/06/1916

Date of Death: 03/16/1945

Affiliations: Alpha Rho Chi

Private Higgins served with the 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division. He was killed in action during the big push across the Rhine River when a German plane strafed the jeep in which he was riding on convoy duty with the Intelligence and Reconnaissance company of the 3rd Army. He is buried at Luxembourg American Cemetery, Plot H Row 4 Grave 68, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. He was awarded the Purple Heart.

-taken from Illinois Alumni News, March, 1946, and Web site above

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