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GRIFFIN ELI SCARBOROUGH
Captain · U.S. Air Force
March 25, 1927 – May 12, 1968
Service recordGriffin Eli Scarborough, of Greenville, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 12, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 15
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- March 25, 1927
- Home of record
- Greenville, North Carolina (Pitt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 59E, Line 15
- IMLAY SCOTT WIDDISONCorporal · May 12, 1968
- BRUCE JEFFREY WILDERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- ROY CHARLES WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · May 12, 1968
- ALVY EUGENE WOODPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
From Greenville
- TERRY WAYNE SUTTONPrivate First Class · February 24, 1968
- WILLIE TUCKER JRLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS MOYECorporal · August 22, 1968
- GARY STEPHEN HODGESPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- DONALD RAY ARNOLDPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- RONNIE GILMAN ALCOCKPetty Officer Second Class · May 17, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES PARNELLSergeant · July 21, 1969
- RICHARD KEY GRAYChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 14, 1969
- WALTER LEE WILSON JRSergeant · February 24, 1970
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.