Briggs

1st Lt. Briggs
Information
Rank	1st Lieutenant
Affiliation(s)	United States Army 2nd Ranger Battalion
Birth	Approx. 1911
Death	June 6, 1944, Omaha Beach, Normandy, France
Weapon	M1 Carbine

1st Lieutenant Briggs was a soldier who landed on Omaha Beach.

Biography

He was assigned to Charlie Company of the 2nd Ranger Battalion, as the executive officer to Captain John H. Miller. He landed on Omaha Beach, and survived the machine gun blast on his LCA.

While advancing on the beach, he was wounded in the abdomen, so Captain Miller tried to drag him to safety. A German Shell blew his lower body and forearms off, killing him instantly, so Captain Miller left the body behind.

Trivia

• His actor (Rolf Saxon) is 55 years old. However, that surpasses the age requirement for the Rangers, which is 35. So his age has been narrowed down to 33, mostly because Miller's character is estimated to be 34, and according to the script, Miller was the oldest man in the LCA they were riding on.