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RICHARD WAYNE GRIFFITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 14, 1947 – July 2, 1967
Service recordRichard Wayne Griffith, of Fairmont, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 103
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Fairmont, West Virginia (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 103
- ROBERT LEE HAINESCorporal · July 2, 1967
- STEPHEN WARD HARSHMANLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- JEFFREY STEPHEN HATISONLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- STEPHEN JEFFRY HONNOLDLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL LEONARD CASTLEPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 97
- JIMMIE LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 107
From Fairmont
- EUGENE C SUMMERSSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- PHILIP VILONE JRPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- DANIEL WAYNE STUTLERPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- DAVID NORMAN WOLFECorporal · January 23, 1967
- WILLIAM BERNARD CRONINLieutenant Colonel · April 27, 1967
- GARY HOWARD GRUBBSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- JACK EUGENE GORBEYStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1968
- BARRY MICHAEL PATTONLance Corporal · April 2, 1968
- CHARLES LEONARD YATESPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
- JAMES ROSS RICHMONDPrivate First Class · June 13, 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.