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Personal info

Full name
CONDIFF, Calvin Griffin Jr "Griff"
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware

Military service

Service number
42081966
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 October 1944
Place of death
Derbamont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 33 20

Immediate family

Members
Calvin G. Condiff Sr. (father)
Ruth L. (Brennan) Condiff (mother)
Marion M. Condiff (sister)

More information

Pvt Calvin G. Condiff Jr. attended Mt. Pleasant high school for 3 years before he enlisted in Camden, New Jersey on 22 December 1943.
Pvt Condiff, who made his home with a sister, Mrs. Marion Anthony, was formerly employed at the Bond Manufacturing Company. His parents formerly lived in Wilmington, Delaware but moved to Rosemont, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Edna Louise Fenerty Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett, www.newspapers.com - The Wilmington News Journal

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - The Wilmington News Journal, Delaware Archives