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Wagr William Ardiss J. Higgins Jr.

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Wagr William Ardiss J. Higgins Jr. Veteran

Birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Death
14 Aug 1918 (aged 20–21)
Belgium
Burial
Waregem, Arrondissement Kortrijk, West Flanders, Belgium Add to Map
Plot
Plot C, Row 2, Grave 17.
Memorial ID
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Cenotaph located in Green-Wood Cemetery New York.
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Enlisted, May 22, 1917, in Troop C, 1st Cavalry, NYNG, Brooklyn, NY. The 1st NY Cavalry reorganized for the World War as the 104th & 106th Machine Gun Battalions, 27th Division. He was assigned to Company C, 104th Machine Gun Battalion, 27th Division.

After training at Camp Wadsworth, SC, the 104t MG Battalion shipped out for Europe, May 17, 1918, fron Newport News, VA. After additional training in France the 104th MG battalion was ordered into the East Poperinghe line in Belgium, mid July 1918. He was killed in action, August 14, 1918, by artillery, on the East Poperinghe line ( vicinity of Mont Kemmel ).

Address, 1917, 1181 Dean Street, Brooklyn, NY.

Brooklyn Eagle, Sept. 10, 1918, page 16, death
OVER THERE with O'RYAN'S ROUGHNECK'S, page 23
Cenotaph located in Green-Wood Cemetery New York.
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Enlisted, May 22, 1917, in Troop C, 1st Cavalry, NYNG, Brooklyn, NY. The 1st NY Cavalry reorganized for the World War as the 104th & 106th Machine Gun Battalions, 27th Division. He was assigned to Company C, 104th Machine Gun Battalion, 27th Division.

After training at Camp Wadsworth, SC, the 104t MG Battalion shipped out for Europe, May 17, 1918, fron Newport News, VA. After additional training in France the 104th MG battalion was ordered into the East Poperinghe line in Belgium, mid July 1918. He was killed in action, August 14, 1918, by artillery, on the East Poperinghe line ( vicinity of Mont Kemmel ).

Address, 1917, 1181 Dean Street, Brooklyn, NY.

Brooklyn Eagle, Sept. 10, 1918, page 16, death
OVER THERE with O'RYAN'S ROUGHNECK'S, page 23

Gravesite Details

Wagoner, 104th Machine Gun Battalion, 27th Division, U.S. Army. Entered the service from New York.



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