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PVT Grover Roscoe Briggs

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PVT Grover Roscoe Briggs Veteran

Birth
New Site, Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA
Death
22 Mar 1944 (aged 30)
Trousdale County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
East Prentiss, Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955
Name: Grover R Briggs
Birth Date: 27 Aug 1913
Birth Place: New Site, Miss
Age: 40
Death Date: 22 Mar 1944
Death Place: Averitts Ferry, Trousdale, Tennessee
Burial Date: 23 May 1944
Burial Place: Booneville, Miss
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Street address: R#3
Residence Place: New Site, Prentice, Miss
Occupation: Soldier
Father's name: Kelcy (Callie) Briggs
Father's Birth Place: Mississippi
Mother's name: Callie Johnson
Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee
FHL Film Number: 2137347

From news article, 21 soldier died in March 1944 when their raft overturned while on maneuvers. Grover Briggs was among them.

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Grover Briggs 
Birth Year: abt 1914
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Mississippi
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1930: Beat 1, Lee, Mississippi, USA
Street address: Baldwyn Kirkville Highway
Father's Birthplace: Mississippi
Mother's Birthplace: Mississippi
Household Members: Name Age
Kelcie E Briggs 35
Callie Briggs 33
Grover Briggs 16
Cleo Briggs 14
Leo Briggs 12
Flossie T Briggs 10
Harvey Briggs 5
Dortha M Briggs 2
Howard R Briggs 0
Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955
Name: Grover R Briggs
Birth Date: 27 Aug 1913
Birth Place: New Site, Miss
Age: 40
Death Date: 22 Mar 1944
Death Place: Averitts Ferry, Trousdale, Tennessee
Burial Date: 23 May 1944
Burial Place: Booneville, Miss
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Street address: R#3
Residence Place: New Site, Prentice, Miss
Occupation: Soldier
Father's name: Kelcy (Callie) Briggs
Father's Birth Place: Mississippi
Mother's name: Callie Johnson
Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee
FHL Film Number: 2137347

From news article, 21 soldier died in March 1944 when their raft overturned while on maneuvers. Grover Briggs was among them.

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Grover Briggs 
Birth Year: abt 1914
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Mississippi
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1930: Beat 1, Lee, Mississippi, USA
Street address: Baldwyn Kirkville Highway
Father's Birthplace: Mississippi
Mother's Birthplace: Mississippi
Household Members: Name Age
Kelcie E Briggs 35
Callie Briggs 33
Grover Briggs 16
Cleo Briggs 14
Leo Briggs 12
Flossie T Briggs 10
Harvey Briggs 5
Dortha M Briggs 2
Howard R Briggs 0



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