- SURNAME
Briggs
- FORENAME
Edwin J.
- UNIT
3 Bn (Orange Combat Team)
- RANK
Major
- NUMBER
0-358112
- AWARD
Silver Star,Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster,Purple Heart
- PLACE
Burma 1944
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from LaGrande,Union County,Oregon
born 23.8.1912 LaGrande,Oregon
son of William Willis Jason and Harriet Caroline (nee Watson) Briggs
raised in LaGrande,Oregon
entered service September 1940
186 Infantry Regiment (Company E) (41 Division)
Merrill's Marauders
WIA 7.3.1944 Burma
Regular Army 1945/46 (Lt Colonel)
Ranger School,Fort Benning (Executive Officer) 1950
served in Korean War (badly injured in helicopter crash)
Colonel 1954
retired 1963 Fort Lewis,Washington (as Colonel)
married Helen Mae Teed (56 years) (1915-90) (5 children William,Rodney,Susan,Michael and Julie)
married Dorothy Ligon 1990
died 2.10.2001 Tacoma,Washington
Fir Lane Memorial Park,Spanaway,Pierce County,Washington Azalea Garden D-1
born 23.8.1912 LaGrande,Oregon
son of William Willis Jason and Harriet Caroline (nee Watson) Briggs
raised in LaGrande,Oregon
entered service September 1940
186 Infantry Regiment (Company E) (41 Division)
Merrill's Marauders
WIA 7.3.1944 Burma
Regular Army 1945/46 (Lt Colonel)
Ranger School,Fort Benning (Executive Officer) 1950
served in Korean War (badly injured in helicopter crash)
Colonel 1954
retired 1963 Fort Lewis,Washington (as Colonel)
married Helen Mae Teed (56 years) (1915-90) (5 children William,Rodney,Susan,Michael and Julie)
married Dorothy Ligon 1990
died 2.10.2001 Tacoma,Washington
Fir Lane Memorial Park,Spanaway,Pierce County,Washington Azalea Garden D-1
