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TERRENCE HASTINGS GRIFFEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
November 5, 1940 – May 26, 1966
Service recordTerrence Hastings Griffey, of Ft Dodge, Iowa, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 26, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 391 TAC FTR SQ
- Born
- November 5, 1940
- Home of record
- Ft Dodge, Iowa (Webster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1966; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “391 TAC FTR SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 110
- CECIL ANGUS BROOME JRStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1966
- JAMES FERROLance Corporal · May 26, 1966
- BENNY EDWARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- GARY ALVEN GLANDONFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GARY ALVEN GLANDONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7E, Line 110
From Ft Dodge
- DONALD KAY LAKEYSergeant · November 1, 1966
- DONALD HENRY HOLMSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- ROGER LEWIS OLSONHospitalman · March 26, 1968
- RICHARD T FLATTERY JRFirst Lieutenant · May 20, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN FLESKESConstructionman · August 23, 1968
- LESLIE DEWAYNE CROUSELieutenant Colonel · August 31, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE PETERS JRFirst Lieutenant · June 21, 1969
- WILLIAM HARRISON PEASESpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
- TIMOTHY LEE GREENSergeant · May 7, 1970
- DARYL DAVID SHONKACorporal · August 5, 1970
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.