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MICHAEL DANIEL GRIFFIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 12, 1948 – April 7, 1969
Service recordMichael Daniel Griffis, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1969, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 31
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 27W, Line 31
- CHARLES LEE HATHORN JRSergeant · April 7, 1969
- THOMAS EUGENE HOOVERSergeant · April 7, 1969
- DONALD MACK KINNEYPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- EDWARD THEODORE PETERS JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JACK BLAINE BEERSSergeant First Class · Panel 27W, Line 28
- KENNETH ROBERT BIRDSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 29
- ROBERT MCLAIN COCHRAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 29
- FLOYD ANDREW DEALSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 29
- TIMOTHY ELDEN DYESpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 30
- PETER GODOY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 30
- JOHN TERRY GRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 30
- THOMAS VICTOR MITCHELLSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 32
- LARRY MILTON KELLEYSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 33
- LARRY GENE PYLECorporal · Panel 27W, Line 33
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.