World War II Honoree

Malcolm R. Bigelow

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Brooklyn, New York

Honored By

Mr. Ernest N. Bigelow

Relationship

Brother

Taught in Anti-aircraft, Officer Candidate School (OCS). When that school was closed, he was assigned to 86th Division. He was killed while closing the Ruhr Pocket, less than a month before the German surrender. He was the first officer killed in his regiment. An 88-mm shell hit a tree, the tree burst and shrapnel hit him right between the eyes and blew out the back of his head. He was my big brother and boyhood hero.