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SGT Ambrose Daniel Griffith

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SGT Ambrose Daniel Griffith Veteran

Birth
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
27 May 1944 (aged 28)
South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Plot S-251
Memorial ID
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Ambrose served as a Sergeant on B-24J Liberator (#42-100024), 112th Base Unit, U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.

He enlisted in the Army on March 2, 1942 at Fort Deven's, Massachusetts. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Motormen and also as Single, without dependents.

Ambrose was killed in the "Line Of Duty", along with 9 other airmen, when his B-24J bomber crashed during a training flight near South Hadley, Massachusetts.

At the time of his death he was assigned to the 112th Base Unit, Westover Field, Massachusetts.

Service ID: 31070007.

The other 9 airmen who died with him include:

Andersen, Arnold H., Sgt, Illinois
Ashley, William M., Jr., 2nd Lt, Ohio
Dechert, Wilburn H., Sgt, Engineer, Texas
Dowden, Donald D., 2nd Lt, Navigator, Minnesota
Lloyd, Ronald C., Corp, Gunner, Delaware
Logan, John D., 2nd Lt
Malcolm, Talbot M., Jr., 2nd Lt, Pilot, New Jersey
Ohr, Robert J., Corp, Illinois
Padgett, Kearney W., Corp, Mississippi

( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Ambrose served as a Sergeant on B-24J Liberator (#42-100024), 112th Base Unit, U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.

He enlisted in the Army on March 2, 1942 at Fort Deven's, Massachusetts. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Motormen and also as Single, without dependents.

Ambrose was killed in the "Line Of Duty", along with 9 other airmen, when his B-24J bomber crashed during a training flight near South Hadley, Massachusetts.

At the time of his death he was assigned to the 112th Base Unit, Westover Field, Massachusetts.

Service ID: 31070007.

The other 9 airmen who died with him include:

Andersen, Arnold H., Sgt, Illinois
Ashley, William M., Jr., 2nd Lt, Ohio
Dechert, Wilburn H., Sgt, Engineer, Texas
Dowden, Donald D., 2nd Lt, Navigator, Minnesota
Lloyd, Ronald C., Corp, Gunner, Delaware
Logan, John D., 2nd Lt
Malcolm, Talbot M., Jr., 2nd Lt, Pilot, New Jersey
Ohr, Robert J., Corp, Illinois
Padgett, Kearney W., Corp, Mississippi

( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )

Inscription

SGT, 112 AAF BASE UNIT WORLD WAR II



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  • Created by: ShaneO
  • Added: Apr 29, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89286812/ambrose_daniel-griffith: accessed ), memorial page for SGT Ambrose Daniel Griffith (6 Jan 1916–27 May 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 89286812, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by ShaneO (contributor 47009366).