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JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 16, 1936 – March 22, 1963
Service recordJimmy Richard Griffin, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 20
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 16, 1936
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1963
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1963. In March 1963, 6 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 20
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- FLOYD ROBERT DAVISPrivate First Class · March 21, 1963
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
From Chattanooga
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 1966
- CLAIBORNE PARKS MCCALLFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1966
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.