World War II Honoree

Jack Stewart Griffiths

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Mabscott, West Virginia

Honored By

Andrew Stewart Cannon, Katharine Elizabeth Dwyer, Shannon Siehr

Relationship

Grandchildren and Daughter

SERVED 1943 TO 1946 AS GUN CREWMAN LIGHT ARTILLERY WITH 271ST ORDNANCE MEDIUM MAINTENANCE COMPANY IN BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS OF NORTHERN FRANCE, AND RHINELAND. SERVED IN FRANCE, ENGLAND AND PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. RECEIVED PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AND EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON WITH 2 BRONZE STARS. ENTERED ACTIVE DUTY FEBRUARY 17, 1943 IN HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA AND HONORABLY DISCHARGED JANUARY 21, 1946 FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY.