PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Bigler, John M. (Servicenumber: O-1100447)
Date of birth: Unknown
Date of death:  April 9th, 1945 (Germany)
Buried on:  Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Plot: C.  Row: 12.  Grave: 20.
Nationality:  American
     
SILVER STAR
Rank: 1st Lieutenant (Lieutenant)
Unit: Company C, 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
Action: For action performed on 20 September 1944 at Nijmegen/Province of Gelderland, the Netherlands.
Details: Citation unavailable.
 
     
BRONZE STAR (BSM)
Unit: Company C, 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division "All-American", U.S. Army
 
     
PURPLE HEART
Unit: Company C, 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
 
     
PURPLE HEART
Rank: 1st Lieutenant (Lieutenant)
Unit: Company C, 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
Details: This award was obtained in the form of an Oak Leave to be attached on the ribbon of the first award.
 
 
 
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Information source(s):   - NORDYKE, P., More Than Courage, Zenith Press, St. Paul, United States, 2008.
- WW2-Airborne.us
- American Battle Monuments Commission
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