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PFC Milford Gay Wiggins Veteran

Birth
Holly Pond, Cullman County, Alabama, USA
Death
28 Dec 1944 (aged 21)
Philippines
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Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
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Milford G. Wiggins
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Service # 34808759
172nd Infantry Regiment, 43rd Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Alabama
Died: 28 December 1944 Philippines
Missing in Action
Disposition: Nonrecoverable
Officially Declared Dead: 29 December 1945
Awards: Bronze Star

1930 US Census: Holly Pond, Cullman County, Alabama - Gay Wiggins (6 Alabama)
1935 - Holly Pond, Cullman County, Alabama
1940 US Census: Holly Pond, Cullman County, Alabama - Gay M. Wigginss (16 Alabama)

Milford G Wiggins (1923 Alabama) of Cullman County, Alabama enlisted as a Private (S/N 34808759) in the US Army on 08 June 1943 in Fort McClellan, Alabama. He was single, had completed 2 years of high school and worked on a farm.

World War II Finding of Death: Private 1st Class Milford G. Wiggins (S/N 34808759) of Cullman County, Alabama - from the War Department List issued June 1946.

He also has a memorial in the Holly Pond Cemetery Holly Pond, Cullman County, Alabama.
Milford G. Wiggins
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Service # 34808759
172nd Infantry Regiment, 43rd Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Alabama
Died: 28 December 1944 Philippines
Missing in Action
Disposition: Nonrecoverable
Officially Declared Dead: 29 December 1945
Awards: Bronze Star

1930 US Census: Holly Pond, Cullman County, Alabama - Gay Wiggins (6 Alabama)
1935 - Holly Pond, Cullman County, Alabama
1940 US Census: Holly Pond, Cullman County, Alabama - Gay M. Wigginss (16 Alabama)

Milford G Wiggins (1923 Alabama) of Cullman County, Alabama enlisted as a Private (S/N 34808759) in the US Army on 08 June 1943 in Fort McClellan, Alabama. He was single, had completed 2 years of high school and worked on a farm.

World War II Finding of Death: Private 1st Class Milford G. Wiggins (S/N 34808759) of Cullman County, Alabama - from the War Department List issued June 1946.

He also has a memorial in the Holly Pond Cemetery Holly Pond, Cullman County, Alabama.

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Entered the service from Alabama.



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  • Maintained by: steve s
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56778199/milford_gay-wiggins: accessed ), memorial page for PFC Milford Gay Wiggins (25 Sep 1923–28 Dec 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56778199, citing Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines; Maintained by steve s (contributor 47126287).