World War II Honoree

Shirl S. Higgs

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Cumberland, Maryland

Honored By

Elizabeth Higgs

Relationship

Wife

SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE WITH BATTERY A, 129TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY GUN BATTALION. SERVED FROM FEBRUARY 1943 TO NOVEMBER 1945. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN SERVICE RIBBON WITH BRONZE ARROWHEAD, WWII VICTORY RIBBON AND AMERICAN THEATRE SERVICE RIBBON. FOUGHT IN BATTLES AT NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, ARDENNES, RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE.