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MICHAEL ALLEN GRIGGS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 8, 1947 – August 2, 1968
Service recordMichael Allen Griggs, of Bowie, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 2, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 50
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
- August 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Bowie, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 50
- CARL LEWIS GENERALPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- RICHARD DEAN GOENLance Corporal · August 2, 1968
- RONALD LOUIS GRENIERPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- ROY WILLIAM HOWARDLance Corporal · August 2, 1968
From Bowie
- JAMES LEON BATESSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
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.