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FRANCIS LEKIRKLAS GRIFFIN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
June 30, 1936 – February 1, 1968
Service recordFrancis Lekirklas Griffin, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 49
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 30, 1936
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 49
- PHILIP MICHAEL GERMAINSergeant · February 1, 1968
- BENJAMIN DAVIS GRANTPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- CLARENCE GRIEGOPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- JAMES LARRIAN GRIFFISPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND LESTER CONWAYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 36E, Line 48
- WEDEN GARY HUMPHREYSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 52
- TOMMY GERALD SANDEFURChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 36E, Line 59
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.