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HARLEY FRANKLIN GRIGGS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 20, 1944 – April 23, 1968
Service recordHarley Franklin Griggs, of Darlington, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 39
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Darlington, South Carolina (Darlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 39
- LEWIS ANDREW HARMONPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- DONALD GENE JACKSONLance Corporal · April 23, 1968
- LOUR LEDESMASergeant · April 23, 1968
- TORO SAUL LOPEZ-DELSergeant First Class · April 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM GERALD BANEY JRSpecialist Five · Panel 51E, Line 35
- CLAUDE HENRY COVINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 37
- ANDRES LU NARVAEZ-MARREROSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 41
From Darlington
- WALTER WAYNE LEWISLance Corporal · November 6, 1967
- LEROY JEFFERSONStaff Sergeant · December 20, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPHLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN JACKSONSpecialist Four · March 13, 1970
- WILLIAM ARNOLD NORWOODCorporal · March 16, 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.