Garland Alex Griffin, JrPrivate First ClassD CO, 3RD BN, 21ST INFANTRY, 196 INF BDE Army of the United States 14 February 1948 - 10 January 1968 Coolidge, Georgia Panel 34E Line 019 |
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The database page for Garland Alex Griffin, Jr
Garland was a distant cousin but family still. I remember the day the local paper ran a news article where the Army awarded his medals to his mom and dad. I visted his mother years later and she had a beautful portait of him hanging in her house. A few days short of his 20 birthday ... it was had to say good by.
Charles Echols |
A Note from The Virtual WallIn the first week of 1968 the 196th Infantry Brigade sent elements of three infantry battalions into the Hiep Duc Valley in Quang Tin Province - 2/1st Infantry, 3/21st Infantry, 4/31st Infantry. By 04 Jan the units were having increased contact with VC and NVA forces, culminating in a major battle on 09/10 Jan 1968. PFC Griffin's unit, Delta Company, 3/21st Infantry, lost eight men on 10 January:
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The point-of-contact for this memorial is a cousin, Charles Echols Ochlocknee, Georgia lifer93@bellsouth.net |
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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 18 Jul 2007
Last updated 07/22/2007