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RUDOLPH WILLIAM GRIFFIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 17, 1947 – August 2, 1970
Service recordRudolph William Griffin, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Operation And Intelligence Nco (12D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 17, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 77
- TERRY LEE GILPINCorporal · August 2, 1970
- LESTER KINGPrivate · August 2, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH RUSSELLSpecialist Four · August 2, 1970
- TERRY STEPHEN SELLSStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1970
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.