Higgins, Gerald, MG

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Last Rank
Major General

Last Service Branch
Infantry

Last Primary MOS
0002-General Officer

Last MOS Group
General Officer

Primary Unit
1952-1953, 0002, HHC, 82nd Airborne Division

Service Years
1927 - 1955

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Infantry

Major General

One Service Stripe

Five Overseas Service Bars

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Personal Details

Home State

Illinois

Illinois

Year of Birth
1909

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Home Town Chicago
Date of Passing Dec 12, 1996
Location of Interment Riverside National Cemetery (VA) - Riverside, California

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Infantry Shoulder Cord

US Army Retired (Pre-2007)

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	1996, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

One of the very few General Officers who never attended the Command & General Staff College or Army War College.

1930-1934, United States Military Academy, West Point

FromYear 1930	ToYear 1934
College United States Military Academy, West Point
Major Military Science

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	Website http://www.usma.edu/

Last Updated:Jan 31, 2015

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86 Also There at This College:

Abrams, Creighton W., GEN, (1936-1974)

Alger, James Dyce, LTG, (1935-1970)

Baehr, Carl Adolph, MAJ, (1932-1944)

Ball, William Harris, MAJ, (1933-1942)

Barker, Joseph Rhett, CPT, (1938-1943)

Blair, Arthur Walter, LTC, (1932-1944)

Burton Jr., Emmette Young, COL, (1937-1967)

Castle, Frederick Walker, BG, (1924-1944)

Clifford, Thomas Edgar, COL, (1932-1945)

Coleman, Wilson Dudley, LTC, (1931-1944)

Collins, Arthur S., LTG, (1938-1974)

Corley, John Thomas, BG, (1938-1966)

Dalton, James L., BG, (1933-1945)

Darby, William Orlando, BG, (1933-1945)

Davis, Benjamin Oliver, COL, (1936-1947)

DeGavre, Chester Braddock, BG, (1933-1963)

DeGavre, Chester, BG, (1926-1963)

Deisher, Christian Francis, LTC, (1925-1959)

Ely, William Jonas, LTG, (1933-1966)

Engler, Jean E., LTG, (1933-1967)

Evans, Benjamin Franklin Jr, MG

Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, COL, (1832-1865)

Gerhart, George, COL, (1930-1961)

Green, Martin Levering, COL, (1937-1967)

Haines, Ralph Edward, Jr., GEN, (1935-1973)

Hamlett, Barksdale, GEN, (1930-1964)

Harkins, Paul Donal, GEN, (1929-1964)

Harris, Hugh Pate, GEN, (1931-1965)

Hartel, Frederick, BG, (1928-1966)

Hawkins, Jesse M, LTC, (1933-1944)

Herlong, Henry Walter, CPT, (1933-1941)

Hero, Andrew, LTC, (1932-1943)

Hewitt, Robert, MG, (1932-1967)

Hill, Francis, BG, (1927-1963)

Hill, Richard Frederick, MAJ, (1933-1944)

Howze, Hamilton Hawkins, GEN, (1926-1965)

Hurdis, Charles, MG, (1917-1946)

Joerg, Wood, LTC, (1933-1945)

Johnson, Harold Keith, GEN, (1933-1968)

Kellam, Frederick C. A., MAJ, (1936-1944)

Kelly, Colin Purdie, CPT, (1937-1941)

Lothrop, Robert Blake, MAJ, (1930-1944)

MacLean, Allan, COL, (1926-1950)

Marshall, Alfred Cookman, COL, (1928-1944)

Mathews, John Hobert, LTC, (1931-1944)

McClure, Mark, MG, (1922-1957)

Mearns, Filmore K, LTG, (1935-1973)

Menoher, William, COL, (1932-1955)

Messinger, Edwin J., LTG, (1931-1965)

Mucci, Henry Andrews, COL, (1929-1947)

Neiger, John Joseph, MAJ, (1935-1944)

Neyland, Robert, BG, (1916-1946)

Palmer Jr., Bruce, GEN, (1936-1974)

Palmer., Bruce, Jr., GEN, (1936-1974)

Praeger, Ralph Birton, MAJ, (1934-1944)

Pugh, John, MG, (1928-1966)

Quinn, William Wilson, LTG, (1933-1966)

Raff, Edson Duncan, COL, (1933-1958)

Riemenschneider, Walter Albert, LTC, (1931-1963)

Russell, Sam Carroll, MG, (1932-1962)

Ryder, William Thomas, BG, (1936-1966)

Sanders, Robert, LTC, (1934-1945)

Scott, Robert Lee, COL, (1932-1947)

Sternberg, Ben, MG, (1938-1971)

Stilwell, Richard, GEN, (1934-1976)

Throckmorton, John Lathrop, GEN, (1935-1973)

Tillson III, John, MG

Treacy, Edgar, COL, (1935-1951)

Truman, Louis Watson, LTG, (1926-1967)

Tucker, Reuben Henry, MG, (1935-1963)

Unger, Ferdinand Thomas, LTG, (1934-1970)

Volckmann, Russell, BG, (1934-1960)

Walker, Edwin Anderson, MG, (1931-1961)

Waters, John Knight, GEN, (1927-1966)

Wehle, Philip, MG, (1930-1965)

Westmoreland, William Childs, GEN, (1936-1972)

Wheeler, Earle Gilmore, GEN, (1932-1970)

Wheeler, Lester Lewis, BG, (1935-1965)

Wood, Robert, GEN, (1924-1969)

Yarborough, William Pelham, LTG, (1936-1971)

York, Edward J., MAJ, (1930-1947)

York, Robert Howard, MG, (1938-1968)

York, Robert, LTG, (1938-1968)

Yount, Paul, MG, (1930-1958)

Zehner, Elery, COL, (1937-1968)

Zierath, Frederick, MG, (1933-1967)

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Ackerman, John Bevier, Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1932 - 1960)

Agee, Sam Wilkerson, Jr., Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1937 - 1963)

Alness, Harvey Thompson, Lt Gen USAF(Ret), (1934 - 1964)

Asensio, Manuel Jose, Lt Gen USAF(Ret), (1927 - 1960)

Baker, David Hodge, Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1932 - 1957)

Barton, Paul Lawrence, Brig Gen USAF(Ret), (1929 - 1964)

Bell, Fredrick, Brig Gen, (1932 - 1963)

Blake, Gordon Aylesworth, Lt Gen USAF(Ret), (1931 - 1965)

Blanchard, William Hugh, Gen, (1938 - 1966)

Bradley, Mark Edward, Gen, (1930 - 1965)

Broadhurst, Edwin Borden, Lt Gen, (1937 - 1965)

Brugge, Byron Elias, Col, (1934 - 1945)

Carmichael, Richard Henry, Maj Gen, (1928 - 1961)

Castle, Frederick Walter, Brig Gen, (1930 - 1944)

Clark, Albert Patton, Lt Gen, (1932 - 1974)

Coira, Louis Edward, Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1938 - 1971)

Crowder, Robert Thomas, Col, (1936 - 1944)

Davis, Benjamin Oliver, Jr., Gen, (1936 - 1970)

Ellsworth, Richard Elmer, Brig Gen, (1931 - 1953)

Estes, Howell Marion, Jr., Gen USAF(Ret), (1936 - 1967)

Freeman, Richard Shafle, Capt, (1930 - 1941)

Gabel, Percival, Col, (1932 - 1943)

Gent, Thomas J., Jr., Maj Gen, (1935 - 1963)

Glattly, James, Capt, (1932 - 1943)

Gowen, Paul R., 1st Lt, (1933 - 1938)

Greeley, Horace John, Maj, (1937 - 1945)

Hall, Thomas Burns, Col, (1933 - 1951)

Harrison, Bertram Cowgill, Lt Gen, (1938 - 1969)

Holloway, Bruce Keener, Gen, (1937 - 1972)

Kelly, Colin Purdie, Jr., Capt, (1936 - 1941)

Klocko, Richard Philip, Lt Gen USAF(Ret), (1937 - 1971)

Little, Augustine Patterson, Jr., Col, (1937 - 1944)

Luper, James R., Col, (1933 - 1953)

Magoffin, Morton David (Mort), Col USAF(Ret), (1937 - 1958)

McCorkle, Charles Milton, Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1932 - 1966)

Monteith, Dwight Oliver, Maj Gen, (1936 - 1971)

Necrason, Conrad Francis, Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1937 - 1965)

Norstad, Lauris, Gen USAF(Ret), (1930 - 1963)

O'Keefe, Richard Joseph, Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1930 - 1960)

Pollock, Daniel Carroll (Navy Cross), Col, (1936 - 1964)

Price, John, Col, (Not Specified)

Raker, John Newlin, Capt, (1942 - 1944)

Reeves, Raymond Judson, Gen, (1934 - 1969)

Robey, Pearl Harvey, Maj Gen, (1930 - 1960)

Rogers, Turner Clifton, Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1936 - 1966)

Rogner, Harris Edward, Col, (1934 - 1951)

Ruestow, Paul E., Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1930 - 1960)

Scott, Robert Lee, Jr., Brig Gen USAF(Ret), (1927 - 1957)

Smart, Jacob Edward, Gen USAF(Ret), (1927 - 1966)

Sweeney, Walter Campbell, Gen USAF(Ret), (1926 - 1965)

Upham, Hudson, Col, (1939 - 1946)

Vincent, Clinton Dermott, Brig Gen, (1928 - 1955)

Waugh, Richard Rawlins, Col, (1932 - 1945)

Westover, Charles Bainbridge, Lt Gen USAF(Ret), (1937 - 1967)

Wray, Stanley Tanner, Maj Gen USAF(Ret), (1932 - 1962)

York, Edward Joseph, Col USAF(Ret), (1930 - 1966)

Zimmerman, Don Zabriskie, Brig Gen, (1929 - 1958)

Zoller, Virgil Lee, Brig Gen, (1932 - 1963)

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