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EUGENE GRIFFIN
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
February 15, 1924 – August 28, 1971
Service recordEugene Griffin, of Daytona Beach, Florida, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 28, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 5
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
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- February 15, 1924
- Home of record
- Daytona Beach, Florida (Volusia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1971
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1971; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 5
- CURTIS LEE NELSONSpecialist Four · August 28, 1971
- RONALD STEVE SHEPHERDPrivate First Class · August 28, 1971
- ALLAN LYNN HARRISWarrant Officer 1 · August 29, 1971
- OSCAR BURDETT WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1971
From Daytona Beach
- DAVID WESLEY BRANCHPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- RUDI HERMANN DUSCHEKSpecialist Five · April 12, 1967
- CHARLES MILLERPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CHERRYStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1967
- LEEROY ELDRED PEEKSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE PRINEFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
- RONALD ELMER JOHNSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1968
- RAYMOND ELLIS TIFFANYPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
- TOMMY LEE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- ARTHUR WHORLOW SMITHSpecialist Five · April 22, 1969
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.