World War II Honoree

Duane C. Griggs

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Washington, Iowa

Honored By

Randall Griggs

Relationship

Nephew

HE WAS INDUCTED NOVEMBER 11, 1942, AT CAMP DODGE, IOWA; ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE, NOVEMBER 18, 1942. HE WAS IN THE 87TH FIELD HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION. MILITARY OCCUPATION AND NUMBER, SURGICAL TECHNICIAN, 861. MILITARY QUALIFICATION AND DATE, RIFLE MARKSMAN, MAY 15, 1944; SERVICE SCHOOL ATTENDED, MD FT. SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS, SURGICAL TECHNICIANS COURSE, 1944. SERVED 3 MONTHS IN MILITARY POLICE BASIC TRAINING, 21 MONTHS AS A MILITARY POLICEMAN, AND 14 MONTHS AS A SURGICAL TECHNICIAN AT OKINAWA. BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS WERE GO 33 WD, RYUKYUS (IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS). AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, THE LAPEL BUTTON, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL, THE AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER RIBBON. CONTINENTAL SERVICE, 2 YEARS, 3 MONTHS, 10 DAYS; FOREIGN SERVICE, 10 MONTHS, 27 DAYS. DEPARTURE TO ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER, FEBRUARY 13, 1945; RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES, JANUARY 9, 1946. ON JANUARY 17, 1946, AT FORT LEAVENWORTH, TEXAS, HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH A CERTIFICATE AWARDED AS A TESTIMONIAL OF HIS HONEST AND FAITHFUL SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY.