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Personal info

Full name
GRIFFIN, Willie Daulton
Date of birth
16 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Poynor, Henderson County, Texas
Hometown
Douglas, Nacogdoches County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38482037
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 February 1945
Place of death
East of Serrig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 1 25

Immediate family

Members
Willie S. Griffin (father)
Mary E. (Congleton) Griffin (mother)
Mabel I. Griffin (sister)
Nora Griffin (sister)
Juanita M. Griffin (sister)

More information

Willie D. Griffin enlisted in 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, The Men and Women In World War II From Nacogdoches County