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Personal info

Full name
GRIFFITH, Foster Clinton
Date of birth
1 September 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Olcott, Kanawha County, West Virginia
Hometown
Spring Hill, Kanawha County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35081011
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Lutremange, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 2 38

Immediate family

Members
Charles F. Griffith (father)
Myrtle N. (Means) Griffith (mother)
Stanton D. Griffith (brother)
Charles D. Griffith (brother)
Darin Griffith (brother)
Paul B. Griffith (brother)
Jack E. Griffith (brother)
Mary E. Griffith (sister)
Mansfield E. Griffith (brother)
Reba M. (Taylor) Griffith (wife)
Charles C. Griffith (son)
Robert L. Griffith (son)

More information

Pvt Foster C. Griffith attended high school for two years and was employed at the Kanawha County School Board before he enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 13 April 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Buckeye Tango Train Snowden Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - Tim Zirkle