George Wesley Griner Jr.

General George Wesley Griner Jr. (1895-1975) was an American soldier who as Major General commanded the 98th Infantry Division from November 1943 to 26 June 1944[1] and then the 27th Infantry Division in the Battle of Saipan (from 10:30 on 28 June 1944[2]).

Griner retired in 1946, and died in 1975.

He is buried at the Mobile National Cemetery.

References
  1. "98th Infantry Division". US Army Center of Military History. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  2. Philip A. Crowl (1993). War in the Pacific: Campaign in the Marianas. United States Army in World War II Series. US Government Printing Office. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-16-061312-8.


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