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THEDORE STEVEN GRIFFIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 20, 1949 – June 15, 1968
Service recordThedore Steven Griffin, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 26
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 26
- THOMAS ESTON GREGORYHospitalman · June 15, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS GUNSETGunnery Sergeant · June 15, 1968
- GEORGE STEPHEN HADZEGASpecialist Four · June 15, 1968
- HENRY KOLAKOWSKI JRCaptain · June 15, 1968
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 1967
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.