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LARRY DONALD GRIFFITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 11, 1949 – January 9, 1970
Service recordLarry Donald Griffith, of Somerset, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 18
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Somerset, Pennsylvania (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 18
- ALFRED FLOYD HALLSergeant · January 9, 1970
- RICHARD WAYNE HIBBLERSpecialist Five · January 9, 1970
- GEORGE ALEX HOLTSCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · January 9, 1970
- BOYD LEE WADECorporal · January 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EDGAR LEE BISHOPSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 16
- HAROLD BERNARD EISERT JRPrivate · Panel 14W, Line 17
- CHARLES WILLIAM KLANCKESergeant · Panel 14W, Line 19
- RICARDO SERENILPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 20
- MARK DEE VINCENTCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 21
From Somerset
- DONALD GLENN STAYROOKPetty Officer Second Class · October 24, 1967
- ROGER WILLIAM STAHLCorporal · March 22, 1971
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.