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RONALD LEWIS GRIFFIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 14, 1949 – June 29, 1968
Service recordRonald Lewis Griffin, of Lancaster, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Lancaster, Ohio (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 16
- RONALD GENE CATTERSONSergeant · June 29, 1968
- JOHN ANTHONY GEROCorporal · June 29, 1968
- ALFREDO GUZZOCorporal · June 29, 1968
- RONALD VINCENT HARBERTLance Corporal · June 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILSON BOYD BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 14
- RAYMOND ORDONEZSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 18
From Lancaster
- WILLIAM THOMAS HAYNESPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- RUSSELL BURR LUKERStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- EDWARD LEE ROARKPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MCGARVEYPrivate First Class · July 30, 1966
- RICHARD LEE KINGPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- DAVID ALLAN BARTLETTLance Corporal · October 26, 1967
- HEBER JOSEPH MILLERSergeant · November 2, 1967
- JUNIOR LEE SCHRINERStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD ANDERSONPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- GUY EUGENE LEESergeant · February 20, 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.