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OSCAR LEE GRIFFIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 14, 1948 – November 18, 1969
Service recordOscar Lee Griffin, of Adel, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 18, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 92
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Adel, Georgia (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 92
- ROGER DALE ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · November 18, 1969
- JOHNNY LEE BURRISSSergeant · November 18, 1969
- DAVID LEE DOYLEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1969
- THOMAS MILTON GOULDINCorporal · November 18, 1969
From Adel
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN HARRELLSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- CARL WAYNE HUGHESPrivate First Class · March 15, 1969
- DONALD JUNE CORBETTSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- ERNEST LEE STANFORDPrivate First Class · July 30, 1969
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.