- SURNAME
Biggs
- FORENAME
Earl Roger
- UNIT
5 SF Group (Company D,Det A-411)
- RANK
Sergeant First Class
- NUMBER
235461238
- DATE OF DEATH
16th January 1968
- AGE
35
- GRAVESITE
Palm Memorial Gardens,Matheny,Wyoming County,West Virginia
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Matheny,West Virginia
born 23.3.1932 Concho,West Virginia
son of Van Buren and Leona Frances (nee Harris) Biggs
husband of Edna Mae (nee Sanders) Biggs (b.1934) (3 sons)
graduated Clear Fork High School
entered service 31.5.1950 Colcord,West Virginia
served Korea (Sgt)
employed,General Motors,Cleveland
employed,Itmann Coal Company
re-entered service 1957
award Silver Star (posthumous)
MIA My Phuoc Tay,Dinh Tuong Province,South Vietnam
survivors reported POW and executed by Viet Cong
body not recovered
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing
declared dead 3.4.1978 as Sergeant Major
remains returned to USA 27.4.1989
identified 12.1.1990
interred 23.1.1990
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 34E Line 57
DATE OF DEATH:
16-Jan-1968AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/biggs-earl-roger.40748/CITATION:
Silver Star : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918 (amended by an act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Sergeant Major [then Sergeant First Class] Earl Roger Biggs (ASN: RA-13350751), United States Army, for gallantry in action while engaged in military operations in the Republic of Vietnam, on 16 January 1968, while serving with Detachment A-411, Company D, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces. His actions, without regard for his own safety, reflect great credit on himself and the Armed Forces of the United States.
WEB LINKS:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/101459
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