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ROBERT EUGENE GRIFFIN
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
February 19, 1929 – February 9, 1970
Service recordRobert Eugene Griffin, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Health Care Administrator (3012)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 67 EVAC HOSP 67 MED GRP 44 MED BDE
- Born
- February 19, 1929
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1970
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 117
- CHARLES RAY BERRYStaff Sergeant · February 9, 1970
- OSCAR JOE GOMEZSergeant · February 9, 1970
- JOHN ARTHUR GRINERLieutenant · February 9, 1970
- THOMAS FRANK HAGENSpecialist Five · February 9, 1970
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.