Pfc. Milton Clair Wiggins was only 20 years old when he was killed in a foreign land in service to his country during World War II.
Milton, the son of Mrs. Lucille Blair Wiggins and the late R. Hamp Wiggins of Little Rock, was a graduate of Dillon High School and attended Clemson College during the 1942-1943 school year. He was majoring in agricultural engineering.
Milton was inducted into the Army entering the service on June 7, 1943 as part of Camp Maxey at Fort Sam Houston in Texas. Milton was part of the Military Police of the 13th Corps, 9th Army.
Milton was fatally injured from an accidental gunshot wound in Kerkrade, Holland, in 1945 at the age of 20. His awards and citations included a Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal.
In addition to his mother, he was survived by a sister, Doris Wiggins, who was a teacher at Dillon High School, and a brother, J.H. Wiggins, Jr., of Charlotte, N.C. He is laid to rest at Saint Paul’s Methodist Church Cemetery in Little Rock.
Chris Moody, son of Harold and Mickey Moody, recently visited Milton’s grave and took a picture shown above with this flag that someone gave to him which is 79 years old at Milton’s grave. It only has 48 stars on it because Alaska and Hawaii were not part of the United States yet. Milton is Moody’s grandmother’s first cousin.
