William R. Higgins

William R. Higgins
William R. Higgins
	William R. Higgins, USMC
Nickname(s)	Rich
Born	January 15, 1945; Danville, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	July 31, 1989 (aged 44); Declared dead on July 6, 1990 (aged 45); Beirut, Lebanon
Place of burial	Quantico National Cemetery
Allegiance	United States
Service / branch	United States Marine Corps
Years of service	1967–1989 (officially to 1990)
Rank	Colonel
Unit	United Nations
Battles / wars	Vietnam War
Awards	Defense Distinguished Service Medal; Defense Superior Service Medal; Legion of Merit; Bronze Star with Combat "V"; Purple Heart; Combat Action Ribbon
Relations	LtCol Robin Higgins, USMC, Ret. (spouse), Christine Higgins Tabaka (daughter)

William Richard Higgins (January 15, 1945 – July 31, 1989) was a United States Marine Corps colonel who was captured in Lebanon in 1988 while serving on a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission. He was held hostage, tortured^[1] and eventually murdered by his captors.^[2]^[3]

^ Keilar, Brianna; Cooper, Anderson; et al. (Directed by Jody Gottlieb; produced by Alex Quade, Mary Ade, John Cooke and Mark Nelson) (July 29, 2006). "Encore Presentation: Inside Hezbollah". Written at Beirut, Lebanon. In Gottlieb, Jody; Jell, Lisa (eds.). CNN Presents. Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America: CNN Worldwide (WarnerMedia). Cable News Network (CNN). CNN. CNN Transcripts (CNN Presents). Hezbollah is a suspect in the torture and murder of U.S. Colonel William Higgins. Higgins disappeared in 1988, while leading a U.N. observer group in south Lebanon. A year and a half later, this video appeared on television screens around the world. Higgins, badly beaten body, hanging from a rope.
^ Paris, Taylor (August 1, 2017). "Chapter 3: Denouncement And Why Hezbollah Was Deemed A Terrorist Organization" (PDF). In Rahnema, Ali; Majed, Ziad (eds.). The Rise And Geo-Political Significance Of The Hezbollah. AUP Department of History and Politics (Master of Arts). ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. Paris, Ile-de-France, France: American University of Paris (AUP). pp. 31–46 – via ProQuest.
^ Norton, Augustus Richard (2018) [2007]. "Chapter 4. Resistance, Terrorism, and Violence in Lebanon". In Eickelman, Dale F.; Norton, Augustus Richard (eds.). Hezbollah: A Short History. Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics (3rd ed.). Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America: Princeton University Press. pp. 69–94. doi:10.1515/9781400889655-006. ISBN 978-0-691-18088-5. LCCN 2018931062. OCLC 1132670389 – via Google Books.

[CNN-1] Keilar, Brianna; Cooper, Anderson; et al. (Directed by Jody Gottlieb; produced by Alex Quade, Mary Ade, John Cooke and Mark Nelson) (July 29, 2006). "Encore Presentation: Inside Hezbollah". Written at Beirut, Lebanon. In Gottlieb, Jody; Jell, Lisa (eds.). CNN Presents. Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America: CNN Worldwide (WarnerMedia). Cable News Network (CNN). CNN. CNN Transcripts (CNN Presents). Hezbollah is a suspect in the torture and murder of U.S. Colonel William Higgins. Higgins disappeared in 1988, while leading a U.N. observer group in south Lebanon. A year and a half later, this video appeared on television screens around the world. Higgins, badly beaten body, hanging from a rope.

[2] Paris, Taylor (August 1, 2017). "Chapter 3: Denouncement And Why Hezbollah Was Deemed A Terrorist Organization" (PDF). In Rahnema, Ali; Majed, Ziad (eds.). The Rise And Geo-Political Significance Of The Hezbollah. AUP Department of History and Politics (Master of Arts). ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. Paris, Ile-de-France, France: American University of Paris (AUP). pp. 31–46 – via ProQuest.

[3] Norton, Augustus Richard (2018) [2007]. "Chapter 4. Resistance, Terrorism, and Violence in Lebanon". In Eickelman, Dale F.; Norton, Augustus Richard (eds.). Hezbollah: A Short History. Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics (3rd ed.). Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America: Princeton University Press. pp. 69–94. doi:10.1515/9781400889655-006. ISBN 978-0-691-18088-5. LCCN 2018931062. OCLC 1132670389 – via Google Books.

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