From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (African American Women Veterans in and from Kentucky)

Harven, Willia Mae Griffin

(born: January 20, 1920 - died: August 15, 1979)

Subject

Women's Army Corps (WACs)

Telephone Company Employees, Telephone Inventions, Telephones and Race

Military and Veterans

World War II

U.S. Army

Military Branch

Women's Army Corps

Active Duty Entered

May 1, 1944

Active Duty Exit

July 7, 1945

Notes

Willia Mae Griffin was born in Benham, KY, the daughter of Chin E. Underwood and James Griffin. She was living in Toledo, OH when she enlisted in the Army in Columbus, OH, according to her enlistment record in Ancestry. She had been employed as a telephone operator. Her married name is given as Willia Mae Griffin Harven in the Social Security Application and Claims Index in Ancestry.

Kentucky County & Region

Read about Harlan County, Kentucky in Wikipedia.

Kentucky Place (Town or City)

Read about Benham, Kentucky in Wikipedia.

Outside Kentucky Place Name

Toledo, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Item Relations

Cited in this Entry

NKAA Source: Ancestry (online)

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Cite This NKAA Entry:

“Harven, Willia Mae Griffin,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed October 15, 2024, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300004360.

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