Korean War POW/MIA Remains Cpl Higgins Returned – Motorcycle Escort
Event Date
04/09/2015
Event Time10:30 am;
Location
Firebase 69
82nd and Bartram Ave
Philadelphia, PA
Human remains recovered from North Korea have been identified as those of a Korean War veteran from Philadelphia, and burial is scheduled in April 11th in Bucks County, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Tuesday.
Army Cpl. Robert Higgins was 20 when his unit was overrun in South Korea by Chinese forces in what became known as the Hoengsong Massacre, according to the department’s POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
His remains are scheduled to be buried April 11 with full military honors in Newtown, Pennsylvania. Higgins was serving in mid-February 1951 with Battery C, 15th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division and was deployed near Hoengsong, South Korea, when the enemy attacked their defensive line, according to Tuesday’s announcement.
U.S. forces suffered more than 200 dead and wounded, and more than 100 men were taken prisoner and relocated to North Korea. Higgins was reported as missing in action Feb. 13, 1951.
4/9/2015 – MOTORCYCLE ESCORT – From Airport to Funeral Home – Funeral Part 1
In preparation for the Saturday April 11 funeral of Cpl. Robert Higgins, Korea KIA, we have been asked to escort the hearse from the Philadelphia airport to the funeral home when the casket arrives from Hawaii on Thursday 4/9.
Details are as follows: Date: Thursday 4/9 Rally Time: 10:45AM Rally location: FB69
We expect to be joined by the Funeral Director as well as Philadelphia PD. We will proceed to the airport to meet the plane, expected arrival time 11:54AM. This is Delta FLT 1895 from Atlanta. We will then escort the hearse to the funeral home on Bustleton Ave in northeast Philadelphia.
More info http://www.warriorswatch.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=1555
4/11/2015 – FUNERAL Mission Details:
Location: Fletcher Nasevich Funeral Home 9529 Bustleton Ave Philadelphia, Pa
Rally Time: 0800
We will escort the hearse from the funeral home to the church for a 9:15 wake and 10:00 funeral service
Church: ST. Ephrems Roman Catholic Church 5400 Hulmeville Road Bensalem Pa.
We will stand a flag line during the wake and will escort the procession to Washington’s Crossing National Cemetery at the conclusion of the Church Service. More info http://www.warriorswatch.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=1542
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