US PARAS 2 Riggins, Clifton Robert

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Riggins ​

• FORENAME

Clifton Robert ​

• UNIT

187 Airborne Infantry Regiment ​

• RANK

Corporal ​

• NUMBER

34774475 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

31st May 1951 ​

• AGE

26 ​

• GRAVESITE

Tweeds Chapel Cemetery, Fairview, Buncombe County, North Carolina ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Biltmore, Gaston County North Carolina​

born 22.6.1924 Clarkesville, Georgia, USA​

son of John Meverick (1895-1971) and Vinnie (nee Perry) Riggins (1894-1981)​

graduated Biltmore High School​

graduated Brevard College​

employed by Biltmore Dairy Farms, Biltmore, North Carolina​

30.06.1942 draft card Biltmore, North Carolina​

06.05.1943 entered service ​

Served 517th Parachute Infantry Regt. ​

Rome-Arno, Southern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, Central Europe​

awarded Bronze Star​

26.12.1945 discharged​

attended Catawba College, Salisbury​

16.10.1950 re-enlisted​

award Bronze Star​

KIA Wonton-ni, North Korea ​

Korean War Veterans Memorial, Wall of Remembrance, Washington, D.C. Panel 63​

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