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LOUIS FREDRICK GRIFFIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 23, 1950 – February 25, 1969
Service recordLouis Fredrick Griffin, of Oxnard, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 25, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 42
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Oxnard, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 42
- EDWARD JAMES WOLFENDALELance Corporal · February 24, 1969
- CLARENCE JOSEPH BABIN JRSpecialist Four · February 25, 1969
- JEFFREY MICHAEL BARRONCorporal · February 25, 1969
- ARTHUR WAYNE BARTLETT SRSergeant First Class · February 25, 1969
From Oxnard
- ROSCOE HENRY FOBAIRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- STEVE WILSON PAGEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHN PERRY GILLIAMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN BREDASecond Lieutenant · March 19, 1967
- OREN KENNETH MILLERSergeant · June 25, 1967
- CHARLES ALAN BALLAUFHospitalman · July 7, 1967
- LEONARD R LUDWIGSpecialist Four · August 12, 1967
- JAMES RYOICHIRO WATANABESergeant · September 26, 1967
- HARRY CARL SARSFIELDSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- MANUEL JOE RODRIGUEZSergeant · October 24, 1967
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.