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DAVID SCOTT GRIFFIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 11, 1947 – October 26, 1967
Service recordDavid Scott Griffin, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 114 AVN CO 13 AVN BN DEL PROV GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1967; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “114 AVN CO 13 AVN BN DEL PROV GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 74
- DENNIS JEROME FRIESPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
- WAYNE AUGUSTUS GRANTPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
- SAMUEL L HUNTWarrant Officer 1 · October 26, 1967
- GERALD HOWARD SLINGERLANDSpecialist Four · October 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL L HUNTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28E, Line 74
- GERALD HOWARD SLINGERLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 74
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.