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WILLIAM WILLIS GRIFFITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 10, 1945 – April 17, 1969
Service recordWilliam Willis Griffith, of Claremont, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 99
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Claremont, Minnesota (Dodge County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 99
- DOUGLAS EDWARD DAHILLSergeant First Class · April 17, 1969
- JOHN CECIL DRIVERFirst Lieutenant · April 17, 1969
- MIKE DUANE GEARHEARTSpecialist Four · April 17, 1969
- LARRY ELLSWORTH GRAHAMPrivate First Class · April 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE BITTINGER JRCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 98
- MIKE DUANE GEARHEARTSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 99
- TRAVIS BERTRAND LEE JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 101
- WALTER MINOR TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 104
From Claremont
- CLYDE MARVIN LEESpecialist Four · December 4, 1967
- DAVID ALLAN WENCLSergeant · November 3, 1968
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.