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CHARLES FARRELL GRIFFIN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 17, 1940 – December 13, 1968
Service recordCharles Farrell Griffin, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 13, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 16
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 17, 1940
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1968; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 16
- BRUCE BRIANT GREENECaptain · December 13, 1968
- JAMES C RALPH LEWISPetty Officer First Class · December 13, 1968
- ALAN CARROLL LOCKARDPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
- DURWARD GLENNIE MORSEPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 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.