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Chester Donald Griffin

First Lieutenant Air Force World War II

Air Force
Air Force
First Lieutenant
First Lieutenant
Branch of Service
Air Force
Rank
First Lieutenant
Conflict / Era
World War II
Date of Birth
04/17/1920
Date of Death
05/19/1943
Hometown
Paris, OH
Burial Location
Paris Twp: Oakdale
Monument Paver
No
Township (entering service)
Paris
Township (current / at death)
UNKNOWN
School
Marysville High School
Status
Died in Service
When
05/19/1943
Where
China
Record Authenticated
Yes

Biography

School: Marysville High School. serial #O-431425; father served in World War I; all four brothers served in World War II; buried in Section H, Row 13, Oakdale Cemetery; DNB/DIS Pictture : Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/img/20033297

Source: Mark Hoffhines; G.W. Claar; National Archives; Marysville Tribune, May 1943; Union Co. Cem. Rec., Vol. 6, p. 79 | No DD-214 recorded as of 10/19/2007 in Union co. Recorder's Office: MJT Article (75 yrs ago); Ancestry - Application for Headstone