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JAMES RAY GRIFFEY
Private · U.S. Army
July 15, 1946 – January 9, 1966
Service recordJames Ray Griffey, of Harvey, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 59
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (36A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Harvey, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 59
- CHARLES LOUIS SCOTT JRSergeant · January 8, 1966
- JAMES PHILEMON TYNERFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1966
- GORDON RICHARD WITTMANStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1966
- RICHARD LEE HOLLINGSWORTHSergeant · January 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE HOLLINGSWORTHSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 59
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 60
- DONALD RAYMOND SANDVEStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 60
- DANIEL L SHERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 60
- RICHARD EUGENE TUCKERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 61
From Harvey
- STANLEY GEORGE YURGAITISPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- JACK RICHARD SUTTONCorporal · January 14, 1967
- JIMMY HORACE GUINNSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- WALTER LEONARD WARDCorporal · June 7, 1967
- CHARLES MICHAEL ROACHCorporal · June 17, 1967
- NATHANIEL DABONSergeant · October 15, 1967
- THEODORE LEO ZAWISZASpecialist Four · March 18, 1968
- ODIS LEON GOSNELLSergeant · March 21, 1968
- JACK ALBERT PLUCINSKIFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1968
- STEVEN VICTOR MERSHONSpecialist Four · December 3, 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.