Veterans' Memorial Project

James Lewis Griffin

Danville, IL

World War II

College: Engineering

Graduation Year: Attended 1941

Service Branch: Air Force

Rank: Major

Date of Birth: 10/25/1919

Date of Death: 05/15/1945

Affiliations: Alpha Sigma Phi; Alpha Tau Omega

Major Griffin served with the 324th Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, Heavy, as a squadron operations officer. He was killed when his P-47 he was soloing crashed near his English base. Major Griffin is buried at the Cambridge American Cemetery, Plot E Row 0 Grave 99, Cambridge, England. A Flying Fortress pilot, Major Griffin was awarded for missions completed over Germany with the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, and Purple Heart.

-taken from Illinois Alumni News, March, 1946

Further information: https://www.abmc.gov

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