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ALLEN AVERY GRIFFIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 17, 1939 – August 27, 1968
Service recordAllen Avery Griffin, of Houston, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 41
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 17, 1939
- Home of record
- Houston, Mississippi (Chickasaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 41
- DENNIS PATRICK FRIEDHOFFPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
- DAVID URBAN FRITZCorporal · August 27, 1968
- PAUL RAY GRINESpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
- JAMES RONALD HARRISSergeant · August 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FELTON CROOK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 39
- CHARLES JOHN SNYDERPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 45
From Houston
- LEON VINCENT FOXPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
- HAROLD DOUGLAS GORECorporal · May 31, 1968
- GEORGE MICHAEL WALLFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1970
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.