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PERRY WITT GRIFFITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 2, 1944 – October 19, 1968
Service recordPerry Witt Griffith, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Colorado Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 3
- DENNIS ARTHUR GROTHWarrant Officer 1 · October 19, 1968
- JOHN MARTIN HORTON JRSpecialist Four · October 19, 1968
- JOHNNY L JOHNSONPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
- DERRELL WALTER JOYCEStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MARTIN HORTON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 3
From Colorado Springs
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLIE FRAZIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- JAMES OLEN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · February 6, 1967
- BENITO ALANIZSergeant · March 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES IVESCorporal · April 30, 1967
- PAUL FREDERICK KIECKERLieutenant Colonel · June 17, 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.