The Edina Sentinel
Edina, Missouri
August 28, 1969POSTHUMOUS AWARDS --- Mr. and Mrs. Cordie L. Kigar of Rt. 1, Baring, were presented with eight military awards honoring their son, Sgt. Larry E. Kigar, 19, who died of wounds in Vietnam May 2, 1969. The presentation was made at Memphis Monday afternoon in the Circuit Courtroom of the Scotland County Courthouse by Colonel John F. Gerrity, professor of military Science at the Northeast Missouri State College at Kirksville. Receiving the awards with the parents and at the right were the Sergeant's two brothers, Richard Kigar of West of Bible Grove and Jack Kigar of near Edina. A number of family and friends was also present.
Assisting Colonel Gerrity in the presentation were from left to right Mayor Harold Davis of Memphis and Mayor Pete Anesi of Kirksville. All three expressed to the Kigar family their pride in the accomplishments of Sgt. Kigar.
The awards included the Bronze Star medal for meritorious service, the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Ribbon, the Combat Infantryman's Badge and two marksmanship Badges.
Sgt. Kigar was wounded about 6 o'clock in the morning of May 2, 1969, near Chu Lai, Vietnam, while on a night ambush and died about fifteen minutes later in a helicopter en route to a hospital there. He entered the army by voluntary draft March 28, 1968, and reported to Oakland, Calif., Sept. 1, 1968, for duty in Vietnam.
Mrs. Kigar is a daughter of Albert Couch and a sister of Harold and Claude Couch of west of Greensburg in Knox County.
The Edina Sentinel
Edina, Missouri
September 13, 1978Cordie L. Kigar
Cordie Leo Kigar, 69, of Bible Grove died Wednesday evening (September 6, 1978) at 7 o'clock in the Scotland County Memorial Hospital in Memphis. He had been in failing health for some time.
He was a member of the Bible Grove Christian Church where funeral services were held Saturday afternoon (Sept. 9, 1978) at 2 o'clock. Burial was in the Bible Grove cemetery.
The son of Fred and Clara Burrus Kigar, he was born May 28, 1909, in Scotland County. On Jan. 11, 1933, at Memphis, he married Iva Couch who survives. Also surviving are two sons, Jack Kigar of Edina and Richard Kigar of Bible Grove; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild and two sisters, Blanche March of Clarence and Gladys Lancaster of Iowa City, Iowa.
He was preceded in death by one son, Larry Kigar who was killed in action while serving with the United States Armed Forces in Vietnam; two brothers and two sisters.
Mr. Kigar spent most of his life in the Bible Grove community, where he was engaged in farming.
Children:
Leo Richard Kigar 11-Jul-1934 31-Dec-2002 Jackie Lee Kigar 07-Aug-1936 13-Jun-1988 Larry Eugene Kigar 28-Nov-1949 02-May-1969
