PFC John Michael Higgins Jr. was born in Manhattan, New York on 1 Aug 1922. He was the oldest of the two children born to John and Ellen (Shaunessy) Higgins, both of whom immigrants from County Mayo, Ireland. In 1935 the family was living in an apartment at 2342 Ryer Avenue in the Bronx. His father supported the family working as a "tollman" for the subway system earning about $1400 a year. They were still at the same address in 1942 and young John was working for Ethel Corporation in the Chrysler Building.
After being drafted and completing his five months of training, John was sent to the European theater, England, and was assigned to H Company 116th Infantry prior to the D-Day landing on 6 Jun 1944. Fighting with the unit through France and into Germany, he was killed in action near Aachen on 15 Oct 1944.
PFC Higgins was repatriated and re-interred in the Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, New York.
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