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GERALD LEE GRIFFIN JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 18, 1950 – April 3, 1970
Service recordGerald Lee Griffin JR, of Covina, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Covina, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1970; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 88
- GEORGE RONALD CRABTREEPetty Officer Third Class · April 3, 1970
- JAMES ANTHONY DECARLOSergeant · April 3, 1970
- SAMUEL FIELDS JRSpecialist Five · April 3, 1970
- NICHOLAS LEWIS GARDELISPrivate First Class · April 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DWIGHT HERBERT BALLCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 86
From Covina
- RICHARD LAVERN BISHOPSergeant · October 1, 1966
- DONALD WARD EVANS JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- MELVIN GLEN MOFFETTCorporal · February 5, 1967
- TERRY GENE HEEKINSecond Lieutenant · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE FERGUSONLance Corporal · August 30, 1967
- WALTER EDWARD MURPHY JRSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
- STANLEY GRANT STRONGCorporal · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL KENNETH HARESpecialist Five · March 30, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL BUTTSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- FRANK MICHAEL DENARDO JRPrivate First Class · October 24, 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.