Robert Lee BRIGGS

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICE34031856
AGE27 yo
DATE OF BIRTH23 Mars 1917 Chatham County, NORTH CAROLINA 
ETATMoore NORTH CAROLINA
FAMILY

Married : Hazel Evelyn Oakley Alexander

Parents : William Fitshue & Mary C Bowling BRIGGS

Siblings : William Oscar, Edna Earl, Elsie Mae, Allen Edward, Jesse Willard, Viola , George Thomas, Paul Junius, James Herbert & Leon

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FONCTIONFonction
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENTArchitectsNE
DATE of ENLISTEMENT22 March 1941 Fort Bragg NORTH CAROLINA
COMPANYCompany
REGIMENT 38th Engineer General Service Regiment
ARMYArmy
DATE OF DEATH13 June 1944

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STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATH 
CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 

CEMTERY TEMPORARY of  Ste Mère Eglise #2

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Story of Cemetery Temporary 

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CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
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F532
DECORATION

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal 

Combat Infantryman Badge


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combat infantryman badge

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STORY
 

William Fitshue Briggs was born in 1879 in North Carolina.

He married Mary Catherine Bowling, who was born in 1891 in North Carolina.

In the 1920's, they moved from Chatham County to Moore County with their large family, which totalled thirteen children at the time of Mary's death in 1934. Will Briggs died in 1937.

Their son Robert Lee was born in 1917.

He enlisted in the U.S. Army March 22, 1941, and was assigned to the 38th Engineer Regiment. About a year later, he married Hazel Evelyn Oakley, just before going overseas to serve his country in World War II.

 Robert kept a list, written in ink inside a leather wallet, of the many places he went during his service.

Many are mentioned in the regimental history, published in a Memorial Day program in honor of Robert L. Briggs, Roy E. Yeargin, Ed. McDonald, Thomas J. Aversa, Robert J. Bishop, Bernard G. Koch, and Jack Chinnici, on May 30, 1945 in France, by the 38th Engineer General Service Regiment.

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For the D-Day invasion of Normandy, Robert's regiment became part of the 1st Engineer Special Brigade, which landed on Utah Beach on June 6, 1944.

He was killed by a ground bomb on June 13.

For his sacrifice, his family received the Purple Heart award from the President of the United States.

Robert's burial place is in the Normandy American Cemetery, St. Laurent-sur-Mer, France.

A monument to the men from his unit who died in Normandy stands at Utah Beach.


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