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GARY ONEAL GRIFFIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 9, 1945 – May 23, 1969
Service recordGary Oneal Griffin, of Billings, Montana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 84
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Billings, Montana (Yellowstone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; six of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 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 24W, Line 84
- YVON ELDMOND GIROUARDPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- KENNETH WILLIAM GRUBBPetty Officer Second Class · May 23, 1969
- VAUGHN ONEIL HALLCorporal · May 23, 1969
- JAMES LARRY HARRISSpecialist Four · May 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH WARREN KRUKEMYERPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 86
- WILLIAM WHITBY OLSENSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 88
- ROBERT PETER SCIBILIASpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 90
- JAMES WALTER SPEERCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 90
- JOHN MICHAEL ODONNELLSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 91
- JAMES EDWARD WORKMANPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 91
From Billings
- KENNETH LEE DERHEIMStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1965
- DOUGLAS DUANE KERNSergeant · November 16, 1966
- FRANK GARCIA JRCorporal · August 4, 1967
- JAMES LYNN BURNSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- GREGORY ALLEN GIFFORDPetty Officer Third Class · February 8, 1968
- RALPH LEROY WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES GOODHUE BOYERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID PADILLALance Corporal · April 20, 1968
- LARRY JAMES BURKHARDTPrivate First Class · May 27, 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.