Felix had a grammar school education and was living in Bell County, Texas when he joined the Army on 12 May 1942 in San Antonio, Texas. He served with the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment and he died of wounds received during the Allied Invasion of Normandy, France. Felix was the son of Edd Newt and Mary A. Lancaster Bigham and he was an Eagle Scout and a member of the Methodist Church in Belton, Bell County, Texas. Prior to his enlistment he was employed with J. H. James and Sons.
Technical Sergeant John W. Early, a fellow paratrooper and who was killed in action during the Battle of the Bulge, before he died stated in a letter to Felix's sister "Three members of your brothers gun crew were hit, but he stayed with his machine gun about two hours afterwards until he was hit himself. I join you in your sorrow because Swan was not only a brave and good soldier, but a very good friend."
Technical Sergeant John W. Early, a fellow paratrooper and who was killed in action during the Battle of the Bulge, before he died stated in a letter to Felix's sister "Three members of your brothers gun crew were hit, but he stayed with his machine gun about two hours afterwards until he was hit himself. I join you in your sorrow because Swan was not only a brave and good soldier, but a very good friend."
Felix had a grammar school education and was living in Bell County, Texas when he joined the Army on 12 May 1942 in San Antonio, Texas. He served with the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment and he died of wounds received during the Allied Invasion of Normandy, France. Felix was the son of Edd Newt and Mary A. Lancaster Bigham and he was an Eagle Scout and a member of the Methodist Church in Belton, Bell County, Texas. Prior to his enlistment he was employed with J. H. James and Sons.
Technical Sergeant John W. Early, a fellow paratrooper and who was killed in action during the Battle of the Bulge, before he died stated in a letter to Felix's sister "Three members of your brothers gun crew were hit, but he stayed with his machine gun about two hours afterwards until he was hit himself. I join you in your sorrow because Swan was not only a brave and good soldier, but a very good friend."
Technical Sergeant John W. Early, a fellow paratrooper and who was killed in action during the Battle of the Bulge, before he died stated in a letter to Felix's sister "Three members of your brothers gun crew were hit, but he stayed with his machine gun about two hours afterwards until he was hit himself. I join you in your sorrow because Swan was not only a brave and good soldier, but a very good friend."
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