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DONALD ORTHEL GRIFFIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 20, 1941 – March 17, 1967
Service recordDonald Orthel Griffin, of Kinloch, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 101
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1941
- Home of record
- Kinloch, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 101
- GENE WILLIAM GOEDENLieutenant (junior grade) · March 17, 1967
- PAUL CARLING HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- JULIO KANEKOStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL CARLING HUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 101
- CHARLES WESLEY LANTZMaster Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 102
- JAMES DOUGLAS LAWSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 102
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.