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Personal info

Full name
GRIFFIN, Maurice Farris
Date of birth
18 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky
Hometown
Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35103937
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
54th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 March 1945
Place of death
Near Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 13 65

Immediate family

Members
John W. Griffin (father)
Matilda J. (Elam) Griffin (mother)
Andrew Griffin (brother)
Bertha Griffin (sister)
Josiah Griffin (brother)
Clarence Griffin (brother)
Henry Griffin (brother)
Mattie Griffin (sister)
Lorraine Griffin (sister)
Mary Griffin (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Maurice F. Griffin attended Jeffersonville High School for three years and was employed at the Colgate Palmolive-Peet Company.

He enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 23 April 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, Jeffersonville High School 1936