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ALLAN GEORGE GRIFFIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 10, 1943 – February 22, 1967
Service recordAllan George Griffin, of New Hope, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1943
- Home of record
- New Hope, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 74
- EZEKEIL THEODORE EXUMPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- FRANCISCO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- ROBERT MORRIS JONESCorporal · February 22, 1967
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL KRANSHANPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SOLOMAN DAVID ARLINE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 73
- HOMER URRABAZOSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 76
- CRAIG STEPHEN VAUGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 77
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.