Edward M Griffin

Military

Assigned to 81TCS, 436TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) day 3, Operation Market Garden in CG4A Glider chalk No. 24B; ditched in channel, ASR arrived to late to save him. Killed in Action (KIA)



Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Shaw Field, Sumter, SC 25 June 1942 Shaw Field, Sumter,South Carolina

Died

English Channel 19 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) day 3, Operation Market Garden in CG4A Glider chalk No. 24B; ditched in channel, ASR arrived to late to save him. Killed in Action (KIA)

Buried

20 September 1944 Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Plot D Rox 1 Grave 36

Born

Mecklenburg, NC Son of George Frank and Cora Frances [Spraker] Griffin.

Based

Membury 19 September 1944 Assigned to 81TCS, 436TCG, 9AF USAAF.