- SURNAME
Higgins
- FORENAME
Albert Byron
- UNIT
33 Quartermaster Pack Troop
- RANK
First Lieutenant
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Bronze Star
- PLACE
Burma 1944
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Adamsville,Texas
born 4.11.1919 Lampasas County,Texas
son of O.Z. and Laura Edna (nee Healer) Higgins
twin brother of Elbert Viron Higgins (Marauders Awards)
graduated high school,Lampasas
graduated Texas A & M 1942
commissioned Second Lieutenant 1942
33 QM Pack Troop
Mars Task Force 1944-45
ADC to Deputy Supreme Commander,South East Asia Command 1945
award Bronze Star with 2 oak leaf clusters
retired as Lieutenant Colonel,US Army
moved to Las Cruces,Texas 1947
construction business
his own insurance agency
married Bernice Miller (1923-2012) (1 daughter Renai,1 son Randy)
died 25.1.2016 Las Cruces,Texas
Fort Bliss National Cemetery,El Paso,El Paso County,Texas Section X Site 107
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