35th Infantry (Cacti) Regiment Association


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  PFC J T. Wiggins    In memory of our fallen brother

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother"



Love Company
35th Infantry Regiment
World War II


"Not For Fame or Reward
Not For Place or For Rank
But In Simple Obedience To
Duty as They Understood It"





The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, PFC J T. Wiggins, 34190262, who died in the service of his country on March 2nd, 1945 in Luzon. The cause of death was listed as KIA. At the time of his death J was 25 years of age. He was from Whitwell, Tennessee.

The decorations earned by PFC J T. Wiggins include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.


Burial:
Red Hill Cemetery
Whitwell
Marion County
Tennessee, USA

J.T. worked in mining and drafted/enlisted 26 Feb 1942.