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WILLIAM ARLAND GRIFFIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 1, 1942 – May 25, 1968
Service recordWilliam Arland Griffis, of Waycross, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 68W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68W · Line 1
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1942
- Home of record
- Waycross, Georgia (Ware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 68W, Line 1
- WILLIE JAMES FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- HENRY LARRY GOFFSergeant · May 25, 1968
- STEVE GOMEZSergeant · May 25, 1968
- LINWOOD GOUGHCorporal · May 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TED OLAND BRAZZEALPrivate First Class · Panel 70W, Line 1
- FRED DOUGLAS CARTER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 69W, Line 2
- NICHOLES WILLIAM CHARLESSpecialist Four · Panel 69W, Line 2
- MICHAEL EUGENE FORDSpecialist Four · Panel 69W, Line 3
- JAMES LOUIS HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 68W, Line 2
- JAMES DALE HODGESPrivate First Class · Panel 68W, Line 2
- LARRY WAYNE JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 68W, Line 4
- LEWIS DEAN LAMKINSpecialist Four · Panel 68W, Line 4
- ANTONIO LOPEZ JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 68W, Line 5
- THOMAS ROBERT MALONEYSergeant · Panel 68W, Line 5
- GUY WAYNE MARTINStaff Sergeant · Panel 68W, Line 6
- MERL RUSSELL MEADOWSSpecialist Four · Panel 68W, Line 6
- RONALD CURTIS MCEUENSergeant · Panel 67W, Line 2
- MASON NIXON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 67W, Line 2
- ROBERT LEE SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 67W, Line 6
- DAVID EUGENE WATKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 67W, Line 6
- LLOYD LOREN WILLARDSergeant · Panel 67W, Line 7
- ERNEST C WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 67W, Line 7
- WILLIAM DEAN WILSONCorporal · Panel 67W, Line 8
- ROBERT EDWARD ZESKEPrivate First Class · Panel 67W, Line 8
From Waycross
- WILLIAM THOMAS REACHFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1965
- ROBERT WESLEY HARDEN JRSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JAMES DALE HAWESPrivate First Class · November 11, 1965
- TOMMIE LEE SILLSStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MULLISSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
- ALBERT WILSON SIRMANS JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- ALLEN DONIHUE CHESHIRESpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- CLEVELAND BROWNINGCorporal · May 23, 1969
- NORMAN ROGER SWEATStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1969
- PERRY BERNARD HOPKINSPrivate First Class · October 30, 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.