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WILLIAM JAMES GRIFFIN
Major · U.S. Air Force
December 18, 1934 – March 14, 1969
Service recordWilliam James Griffin, of Homedale, Idaho, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 14, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 49
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 13 AF
- Born
- December 18, 1934
- Home of record
- Homedale, Idaho (Owyhee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “13 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 49
- ROBERT EUGENE SPIEGELCaptain · March 15, 1969
- MICHAEL LEIGH STACYWarrant Officer 1 · March 15, 1969
- LARRY ALLEN STARKFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1969
- WILLIAM LAMARR TANNERLance Corporal · March 15, 1969
- TERRY EDWARD THARPPetty Officer Third Class · March 15, 1969
From Homedale
- SAMUEL C PHILLIPS IIISergeant · October 2, 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.