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SAMMIE GRIFFIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 4, 1947 – December 18, 1965
Service recordSammie Griffin, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 23
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 23
- TOMMIE GARRETTCorporal · December 18, 1965
- ROBERT ALLEN GRAYSergeant · December 18, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- EDMUND MACEO MASTERSONPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALLEN GRAYSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 23
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 23
- RICHARD W PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 25
- JOSEPH PAUL YATSKO JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 27
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.