Higgins, William R.
Marines Colonel
William R. Higgins, age 44, from Danville, Kentucky, Boyle County
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Friday, July 6, 1990
Death details: Captured in 1988 while on a UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. He was held hostage and then murdered. U.N. sources in Lebanon said they believe that Higgins died of torture in December 1988 after an escape attempt. His remains were given to U.S. diplomat in December 1991 after officials identified the remains, which were dumped on a roadside around that time in Beirut.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, findagrave.com, Associated Press (1988)
