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EDWARD WILSON GRIFFITH
Captain · U.S. Army
April 10, 1941 – May 11, 1969
Service recordEdward Wilson Griffith, of Jacksonville, Arkansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 48
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 10, 1941
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 48
- MARTIN L GREEN JRCaptain · May 11, 1969
- JAMES ETHERIDGE GREENE JRLieutenant · May 11, 1969
- ARTURO B GUTIERREZLance Corporal · May 11, 1969
- HEINRICH RUHLMANNSpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALD DEAN JERDESpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 49
- GEORGE HENRY JULESSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 50
- ROBERT GARY KOVALPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 50
- TERRY KAY MAREADYPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 52
- TERRY ALAN MCCARTHYPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 52
- CHARLIE THOMAS NEALSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 53
- RICHARD MANUEL PACOSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 53
- CHARLES MARTIN PENLEY JRSergeant First Class · Panel 25W, Line 53
- MICHAEL ALLEN SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 54
- WILLIAM SHELLEY SLAUGHTERSpecialist Five · Panel 25W, Line 56
- WILLIAM HENRY SWANSONPrivate · Panel 25W, Line 56
- MICHAEL ARTHUR WALTERSPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 57
- LARRY LEE WEEDENSpecialist Five · Panel 25W, Line 57
- RICHARD LEE ZODYPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 58
From Jacksonville
- RICHARD DWAINE STOCKERPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1966
- MARION RAY HUTCHINSPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- WALTER JOHN LYONSSecond Lieutenant · June 15, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD HOLTCorporal · February 5, 1968
- PAUL SHIREMAN JRPrivate First Class · July 29, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE FISHERPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
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.