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RICHARD OWEN GRIFFITH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 23, 1949 – October 9, 1968
Service recordRichard Owen Griffith, of Ely, Nevada, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 35
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
- November 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Ely, Nevada (White Pine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 35
- JOHN ALBERT GIACONE JRPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- LLOYD DEAN GILLESPIEMaster Sergeant · October 9, 1968
- DONALD CURTIS HAMMSergeant · October 9, 1968
- RONALD EDWARD HIBBARDPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
From Ely
- JOSEPH EDWARD BOWERMajor · August 3, 1965
- CARL JAMES CUEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- RICHARD MAX YELLANDSergeant · September 25, 1967
- JOSEPH ANDREW GARCIASpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- RICK V JENSENSergeant · February 10, 1969
- TIMOTHY GENE CARTERLance Corporal · July 15, 1969
- STEVEN TIMOTHY HOWEPrivate First Class · September 28, 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.