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Welborn Barton Griffith Jr. (November 19, 1901 – August 16, 1944) was an American officer who served during World War II in the United States Army. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in the Class of 1925. Colonel Griffith is best remembered for being instrumental in saving France's Chartres Cathedral, one of the most important monuments of medieval civilization, during the battle of Chartres (August 16–18, 1944) in World War II.

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rdfs:comment	Welborn Barton Griffith Jr. (November 19, 1901 – August 16, 1944) was an American officer who served during World War II in the United States Army. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in the Class of 1925. Colonel Griffith is best remembered for being instrumental in saving France's Chartres Cathedral, one of the most important monuments of medieval civilization, during the battle of Chartres (August 16–18, 1944) in World War II. (en)
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name	Welborn Barton Griffith Jr. (en)
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death place	Lèves France
birth place	Quanah, Texas
dct:subject	1901 births 1944 deaths Military personnel from Texas Recipients of the Silver Star United States Army colonels United States Military Academy alumni Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) United States Army personnel killed in World War II Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States) People from Quanah, Texas
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allegiance	United States
awards	Croix de Guerre Légion d'Honneur Silver Star Purple Heart Legion of Merit Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
battles	Battle of Chartres, World War II (en)
birth date	1901-11-19 (xsd:date)
birth name	Welborn Barton Griffith Jr. (en)
branch	United States Army
death date	1944-08-16 (xsd:date)
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unit	Headquarters, XX Corps (en)
has abstract	Welborn Barton Griffith Jr. (November 19, 1901 – August 16, 1944) was an American officer who served during World War II in the United States Army. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in the Class of 1925. Colonel Griffith is best remembered for being instrumental in saving France's Chartres Cathedral, one of the most important monuments of medieval civilization, during the battle of Chartres (August 16–18, 1944) in World War II. As Operations Officer (G-3) with Headquarters, for XX Corps, Griffith and his driver searched the cathedral, and climbed to the top of its bell tower. Finding no Germans there, he was able to rescind the order to shell the monument. Eugene Schulz, an operations officer serving under Griffith, described the event as follows: "Nobody knows why he [Griffith] personally went into Chartres. He had to go through ... a few enemy lines there; he went into the Cathedral, and he checked it out—he went through the nave, he climbed the bell tower and he did not find any German snipers at all. So he immediately said to the artillery, 'Rescind that order to shell and destroy'." Later that day, he was killed in the neighboring town of Lèves, 3.5 km north of Chartres. The people of Lèves set up a plaque on a building next to the spot where Griffith was killed. On October 21, 1944, Griffith was awarded, posthumously, the Distinguished Service Cross. He was also awarded the Silver Star, the Purple Heart, the Legion of Merit, the French Croix de Guerre and the Légion d'Honneur. (en)
memorials	Commemorative plaque at Lèves (en)
placeofburial	Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial in Saint-James, Normandy, France (en)
allegiance	United States of America
military unit	XX Corps (United States)

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