Biggs, Melvin Gear
First Name
Melvin
Middle Name
Gear
Last Name
Biggs
Service Branch
Coast Guard Reserve
Highest Rank
Seaman 2c
War or Action
World War II
County
Denver
Biography

Son of Harry Martin and Nellie G. Biggs. Brother of Kenneth Loftus Biggs, Don Biggs and two sisters. Graduated North High School. Lost when USCGC Escanaba likely hit by mine while escorting convoy in north Atlantic. Also cenotaph at East Coat Memorial at Manhattan, New York.

Place Of Burial
Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver (Cenotaph)
Place Of Death
Atlantic Ocean
Circumstances
Killed In Action
Row Number
12
Column Number
2
Panel Number
4

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