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ROGER DALE GRIFFITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 20, 1947 – January 4, 1968
Service recordRoger Dale Griffith, of Elkins, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 36
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Elkins, West Virginia (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968; nine of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 36
- RICHARD HAMMOND FROSTLance Corporal · January 4, 1968
- JAMES FRANCIS FUHRMANFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1968
- MEREDITH ALTON GABRIELSergeant · January 4, 1968
- BILLY WILLIE GOBERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- COY G STAYTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 34
- ROBERT LOUIS CLINEPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 35
- GREGORY ELLIS COXSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 35
- BILLY WILLIE GOBERSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 36
- JAMES BUCKNER HALLCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 37
- LARRY HOLMES MCLAUGHLINSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 37
- LOWELL JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 38
- CURTIS LEE KENNEDYSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 38
- MICHAEL FREDERICK MEYHOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 39
- GENE ALBERT POLITOCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 40
- GARRY GARNETT PRINCEPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 40
- DWIGHT FRANCIS RANDSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 41
- KENNETH JAMES TAKEMOTOSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 42
From Elkins
- SAMUEL REED SUMMERFIELDPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- FRED MICHAEL KERNSLance Corporal · July 29, 1969
- RUSSELL ALLEN TAYLORCorporal · August 26, 1969
- THOMAS G HESSStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
- ROBERT LEE SIMMONSChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 9, 1971
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.