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ERIC LAWRENCE GRIFFITH
Airman · U.S. Navy
November 24, 1949 – December 1, 1970
Service recordEric Lawrence Griffith, of Destrehan, Louisiana, served as an Airman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 1, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · 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. Navy
- Rank
- Airman (AN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Machinist's Mate (AD)
- Born
- November 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Destrehan, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1970; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 101
- LAVERNE DARTON COYLESergeant Major · December 1, 1970
- KENNETH EUGENE CRAYNEChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 1, 1970
- THOMAS WILLIAM FRECHSpecialist Four · December 1, 1970
- JOHN HENRY HOLMESSergeant First Class · December 1, 1970
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.