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Personal info

Full name
GRIFFIN, Warren Lawrence Jr
Date of birth
29 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31033527
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Injuries
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 18 62

Immediate family

Members
Warren L. Griffin Sr. (father)
Georgina C. (Donelly) Griffin (mother)
Joseph W. Griffin (brother)
Elizabeth C. Griffin (sister)
Mary C. Griffin (sister)
Georgina T. Griffin (sister)
Virginia (Murphy) Griffin (wife)
James E. Griffin (son)

More information

Pvt Warren L. Griffin Jr. attended high school for four years and was employed at the Filene's Department Store before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 15 April 1941.

He was taken prisoner on 13 November 1944 and died of his injuries in Germany. Whether he died in a POW camp or in a hospital is not known.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1920/1930 Census / Loughlin and Carr Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Boston Globe 10 December 1944 / 16 April 1945
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