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GERALD CHARLES GRIFFIN
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
July 14, 1934 – October 6, 1962
Service recordGerald Charles Griffin, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 6, 1962, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 12
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
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Corps (2100)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- July 14, 1934
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1962
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1962; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1962, 11 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 12
- THOMAS EDWARD ANDERSONCorporal · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- GERALD OWEN NORTONPetty Officer Second Class · October 6, 1962
- JERALD WAYNE PENDELLSergeant · October 6, 1962
Same unit, same day
- GERALD OWEN NORTONPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 1E, Line 12
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
- KARL DAVID SOBOLIKCaptain · November 26, 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.