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Personal info

Full name
GRIFFIN, Calvin Brown
Date of birth
17 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Belton, Anderson County, South Carolina
Hometown
Anderson County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
O-928605
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 2 2

Immediate family

Members
Elijah B. Griffin (father)
Dorsey L. (Wardlaw) Griffin (mother)
Elijah W. Griffin (sister)

More information

Lt Calvin B. Griffin attended Clemson College. He enlisted on 27 June 1943, Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

He is remembered with a memorial marker at the Cemetery of Belton, South Carolina.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.findagrave.com - David Lyle, www.ancestry.com - C. Griffin Family Tree / World War II Young American Patriots

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / John Burgess / Robin Pellicci Moore, The Clemson Corps

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