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JOSEPH E GRIFFIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 28, 1936 – February 25, 1967
Service recordJoseph E Griffis, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 28, 1936
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 90
- WILLIAM CHARLES FENCEROYPrivate · February 25, 1967
- ROBERT HOWARD GRANOFFPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- JOSEPH LESLIE HARTLieutenant Colonel · February 25, 1967
- ARTHUR ANTHONY JOHNSONLance Corporal · February 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PETER COGILLPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 88
- WILLIAM J FRANKSPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 91
- KENNETH FRANK UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 92
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.