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JAMES LARRIAN GRIFFIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 17, 1948 – February 1, 1968
Service recordJames Larrian Griffis, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 49
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ordnance Supply And Part Specialist (76D)
- Born
- November 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 49
- PHILIP MICHAEL GERMAINSergeant · February 1, 1968
- BENJAMIN DAVIS GRANTPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- CLARENCE GRIEGOPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- FRANCIS LEKIRKLAS GRIFFINChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 1, 1968
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.