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KEITH D GRIFFIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 27, 1936 – March 16, 1967
Service recordKeith D Griffin, of Hutchinson, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 89
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
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 155 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 27, 1936
- Home of record
- Hutchinson, Kansas (Reno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1967; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “155 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 89
- NORMAN RICHARD CATLINPrivate · March 16, 1967
- KENNETH RAY CHADWICKMaster Sergeant · March 16, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES DALEYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GORDON PATTERSONSpecialist Five · Panel 16E, Line 96
From Hutchinson
- KENNETH LEE GLAZEStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES FRANKLIN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- JAMES DALE OSENBAUGHPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- RONNIE EUGENE ALVORDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- MICHAEL LUND WILSONSecond Lieutenant · June 3, 1968
- DAVID REID NELSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- GARY LEE BROWNINGSpecialist Four · September 18, 1968
- DENNIS BLAINE GREENSeaman Apprentice · January 19, 1969
- ROLLAND KEITH FRYSpecialist Four · May 2, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES GREATHOUSEPrivate First Class · October 12, 1969
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.