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THOMAS B GRIFFIN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 24, 1947 – January 1, 1968
Service recordThomas B Griffin JR, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Postal Clerk (71F)
- Born
- October 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Dorchester, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 13
- ROBERT LEWIS CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · January 1, 1968
- CLARENCE HAROLD GENAU JRSpecialist Four · January 1, 1968
- HENRY HOWARD HERRIN JRSenior Chief Petty Officer · January 1, 1968
- PETER SHELL KLEINBERGCaptain · January 1, 1968
From Dorchester
- JACK RABINOVITZCorporal · February 23, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH KELLY JRSergeant · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL DAVID BURTPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KANEPrivate · September 21, 1966
- JOSEPH ROBERT WALLENLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- MARK MICHAEL MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- WAVERIE HUGH BUCHANANLance Corporal · March 17, 1967
- FREDERICK ALFRED MCMAHONCorporal · May 4, 1967
- GERALD FRANCIS MCDONALDCorporal · May 26, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK COLLOPYPrivate First Class · July 15, 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.