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BRENT IKE GRIGGS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 6, 1944 – July 20, 1966
Service recordBrent Ike Griggs, of Beaumont, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 20, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 46
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Beaumont, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 46
- CLIFFORD LEE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- DENNIS BOYD EASLEYSecond Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- RONALD MARION FILKINSPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- EDWARD FRANK HAPFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
From Beaumont
- JAMES LOUIS ALLENPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS HOPKINSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1966
- WARREN SHELBY MCELHANONPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- JOHN HENRY EAGLINSergeant · April 11, 1966
- DENNIS LEE REEVESSergeant · April 14, 1966
- FREDERIC WILLIAM FRITTSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- CLAUDE BENJAMIN RUSH JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- CLAIR LEONARD RAY SAINTCorporal · February 26, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE WILKERSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1967
- LEONARD BURTON POORESpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
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.