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BOBBY RONALD GRIFFIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 30, 1943 – October 20, 1967
Service recordBobby Ronald Griffin, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 43
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 43
- JOSEPH DAUNISStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1967
- STANLEY DONALD GUBBELSSergeant · October 20, 1967
- WILLIAM HOWARD JETTSpecialist Four · October 20, 1967
- PAUL E LATOURETTESergeant · October 20, 1967
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.