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MARION TRACY GRIFFIN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 19, 1952 – July 8, 1971
Service recordMarion Tracy Griffin, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 104
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 19, 1952
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 3W, Line 104
- RONALD EUGENE BEUTLERSpecialist Four · July 8, 1971
- SAMUEL WAYMON MCDANIEL IISpecialist Five · July 8, 1971
- WAYNE CARLYLE PISCIOTTASpecialist Four · July 8, 1971
- JOHN HENRY MORRIS JRSpecialist Four · July 9, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE CARLYLE PISCIOTTASpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 104
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 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.