Maj Columbus Edwin Griffin Jr. (1919-1944)

Maj Columbus Edwin Griffin Jr. Veteran

Birth

23 Jan 1919

Dallas County, Texas, USA

Death

8 Apr 1944 (aged 25)

Italy

Burial

Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial

Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy Add to Map

Plot

J, Row 9, Grave 62

Memorial ID

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Enlistment Army Service No. (ASN): 18006932
Officer Service No: O-406679

Click here for his cenotaph memorial, located in Dallas, Texas.

Major, U.S. Army Air Forces, 419th Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, Heavy. Pilot of B-17G Flying Fortress #42-97197. Killed when the bomber crashed at the end of the runway and exploded at the Lucera
Airdrome, Italy, returning from a local bombing training flight.

Inscription

Major 419 BOMB SQ 301 BOMB GP (H) TEXAS

Family Members

Parents

Siblings

Maj Columbus Edwin Griffin Jr

1919–1944

Half Siblings

Mattie Elizabeth Griffin Foster

1902–1964

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Family Members

Columbus Edwin Lurn Griffin Sr

Addebel Holmes Griffin