Edward M Griffin
MilitaryAssigned 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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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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. |