S/Sgt Giffin was returned from Bari, Italy. He was killed aboard B-24J Liberator with serialnumber 42-51299.
Crewmembers
Captain Edwin C. Neitzel
1st Lt Robert Schoenher
1st Lt Max Sunshine
2nd Lt Herman C. Austin
T/Sgt Philmore Gross
T/Sgt James M. Leturno
S/Sgt James H. Giffin
S/Sgt Emil H. Manweiler
- Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Date of birth: 5 February 1924
- Date of death: 5 November 1944
- County: Blount
- Hometown: Carpenters Campground
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 831st Bomber Squadron, 485th Bomber Group
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Memphis National Cemetery, Memphis, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar VI, Middle Panel
- Sponsored by: Larry Lewis
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