Name:
Charles Edward Griffin
Rank:
Corporal
Serial Number:
D.7233
Unit:
Canadian Army
Date of Death:
1944-04-04
State:
California
Cemetery:
CWGC Salerno War Cemetery,Montecorvino Pugliano, Italy
Plot:
I
Row:
E
Grave:
43
Decoration:
Comments:
Charles Edward Griffin was born on January 16, 1920 in Los Angeles, California. He joined the Canadian Army and served in the Corps of Signals in the Canadian 5th Armored Division. He died on April 4, 1944 and is buried in the Commonwealth War Grave commission cemetery at Salerno.
From the CWGC Files:
Corporal
GRIFFIN, CHARLES EDWARD
Service Number D/7233
Died 04/04/1944
Aged 26
5th Cdn. Armd. Div. Sigs.
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Son of Arthur Edward and Julia Ellen Griffin; husband of Rose Lilian Griffin, of Ashland, New Hampshire, U.S.A.
INSCRIPTION:
NIGHT AND DAY WE THINK OF YOU AND LOVE YOU. YOUR LOVING WIFE AND SON BOBBY