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WILLIAM DONALD GRIFFIN II
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 30, 1947 – December 15, 1970
Service recordWilliam Donald Griffin II, of Pontiac, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 122
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)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Pontiac, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 122
- ROGER WILLIAM SWEETAirman First Class · December 14, 1970
- PAUL WAYNE BURNETTSergeant · December 15, 1970
- CARROLL JOSEPH DEUSOMaster Chief Petty Officer · December 15, 1970
- RALPH THEODORE GLIMSpecialist Four · December 15, 1970
From Pontiac
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
- VICTOR RONALD HOYTSergeant · December 27, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE ELMYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · May 17, 1967
- FREDERICK HUGO LIMINGAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 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.