John Gary Griffith

Vietnam War
UnitAttack Squadron 35
RankLieutenant Commander U.S. Navy
Entered Service FromKansas City Missouri
Date of DeathMarch 12 1968
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Lieutenant Commander Griffith was a member of Attack Squadron 35, Carrier Air Wing 9 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVAN-65). On March 12, 1968, he was the bombardier/navigator of a Grumman Attack Aircraft Intruder (A-6A). On the launch from the carrier his aircraft malfunctioned and ditched from the carried. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.