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THURSTON A GRIFFITH JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 17, 1940 – January 17, 1965
Service recordThurston A Griffith JR, of Los Alamos, New Mexico, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Psychological Operations Officer (89305)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 17, 1940
- Home of record
- Los Alamos, New Mexico (Los Alamos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1965. In January 1965, 18 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 82
- LYAL HANCIL ERWINCaptain · January 15, 1965
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- GERALD A BINGERStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1965
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 82
From Los Alamos
- DAVID CLYDE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- GUY MERRILL HODGKINSStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
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.