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TONY LEE GRIFFITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 20, 1948 – February 5, 1969
Service recordTony Lee Griffith, of Butler, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 63
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Butler, Tennessee (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 63
- ALLEN JOSEPH GREENELance Corporal · February 5, 1969
- GARY ROBERT HALEYLance Corporal · February 5, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE HAMLINSergeant · February 5, 1969
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL HARRINGTONSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LESTER CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 61
- JAMES THOMAS EDMONDSCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 62
- CHESTER JON KMITSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 65
- BENJAMIN MALDONADO-AGUILARSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 65
- SALVATORE MANCUSOSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 66
From Butler
- MICHAEL PIERCE OLIVERSergeant · January 8, 1968
- JAMES CAROLL GILBERTSergeant Major · March 12, 1969
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.