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GRIFFIN, Henry Anthony - Date of
birth
21 January 1914 -
Age
30 - Place of
birth
Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina -
Hometown
Buncombe County, North Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-322297 -
Rank
Captain -
Function
Company Commander -
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
23 December 1944 - Place of
death
Limburg and der Lahn, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| I | 17 | 7 |
Immediate family
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Members
Henry Griffin (father)
Clara W. (Williman) Griffin (mother)
Julius A. Hughes (stepfather)
Sarah L. Griffin (sister)
Ollie M. (McMahan) Griffin (wife)
More information
Capt Henry A. Griffin's was reared in his grandmother's home. His middle name was originally Alva. He changed it when he was an adult.He was stationed at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Capt Griffin was taken prisoner during the battle for Habkirchen, Germany where B and C Company suffered high casualties. Besides heavy losses of enlistment men, B Company even lost all his officers but one.
He was one of the 63 casualties, killed during a British air raid during the night of 23 December 1944. The intended target had been the railway station at Diez, a few miles away, but unfortunately the flares dropped by the pathfinder aircraft drifted off course in a strong wind and some strayed into Stalag XII-A.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report, www.coulthart.com/134, Henry G. Fulmer
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Henry G. Fulmer - nephew