Jack Arlen Griffith

Military

Shot down 27 May 1944 in B-24 #42-95091. Prisoner of War (POW).

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James Austin Leone

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18189055
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Ernest Isaac Mitchell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38130365
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Ernesto Rodriguez

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16026553
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Arthur Henry Vaughan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12032548
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Warren, Marion County, Indiana, United States 15 October 1920

Enlisted

26 May 1942 La Fayette, Indiana

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Differten, Germany 27 May 1944 captured in Differten, Germany

Died

12 February 2007

Buried

Jack Griffith rests at the Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, in Phoenix, Arizona
Marion, Indiana

Revisions

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NARA: Air Force Award Cards

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MACR 5260
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
VA Gravesite Locator

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5260 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database