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Personal info

Full name
GRIFFITH, Mark Grier Jr
Date of birth
10 March 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Hometown
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34591733
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
395th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
Near Fredeburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 19 17

Immediate family

Members
Mark G. Griffith (father)
Flossie M. (Wilson) Griffith (mother)
Pauline Griffith (sister)
Geneva L. Griffith (sister)
Mary K. Griffith (sister)
Viola A. Griffith (sister)
Billy N. Griffith (brother)

More information

Pfc Mark G. Griffith Jr. enlisted in Camp Croft, South Carolina on 25 November 1942. He attended Matthews High School. He was employed at Camp Van Dorn, MS; Louisiana; Camp Maxey in Texas, Camp Miles Standish, Boston, MA; Le Havre, France, Rhine River, Germany.
Pfc Griffith was killed in action near Fredeburg, Germany and first buried with the Protestant faith in a military cemetery in Ittenbach, Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Mooney Family Tree / 1940 Census / WWII Enlistment Record, www.cmstory.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.cmstory.org - Charlotte Observer