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WILLIAM CHAPIN GRIFFITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 20, 1947 – December 15, 1968
Service recordWilliam Chapin Griffith, of Seaside, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Seaside, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 25
- KENNETH BRUCE BIXELSergeant · December 15, 1968
- EUGENE MERLE CHRISTERCorporal · December 15, 1968
- CHARLES ELBERT GAYSpecialist Five · December 15, 1968
- STEVEN AARON HAMPTONCorporal · December 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH BRUCE BIXELSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 25
- EUGENE MERLE CHRISTERCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 25
From Seaside
- KURT CASEY MCDONALDColonel · December 31, 1964
- ALFRED HENRY COMBS JRSergeant First Class · June 25, 1965
- CARLITO LADORES DORSEYPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- LASZLO HOLOVITSStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1967
- O D SCOTTSergeant First Class · November 16, 1967
- WILMER WATSONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- RAYMOND JESUS PALACIOSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- CECIL ODELL BUNDAGESergeant First Class · September 26, 1968
- JOHN CALVIN SHERMANStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1970
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.