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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 59844" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Griffin</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>John Douthit,Jr</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Second Lieutenant</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>0-1170760</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Bronze Star</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Burma 1944</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Polk County,Florida</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 22.2.1918 Marbury,Alabama</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of John Douthit and Myra (nee Whittle) Griffin</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Auburn University 1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>public official in civilian life</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted 4.11.1941 Fort McClellan,Alabama (Private 34162868)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Mars Task Force 1944-45</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>achieved rank of First Lieutenant Field Artillery</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>employed by US Department of Agriculture's Soil Consolidation Service,Florida</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>ResIded Gainesville,Florida</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>moved to Tennessee 2002</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Lena Zimmerman Hagerty (1917-2012) (2 sons John and Richard,3 daughters Linda (died in infancy),Sue and Janet)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 8.10.2010 Johnson City,Tennessee</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Mountain Home National Cemetery,Johnson City,Washington County,Tennessee Section RR Site 49</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-griffin.31839/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/31/31839-e56cbeb5fdabea0a3cd519fd64349532.jpg?1591436013" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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