Vietnam War
Unit | Attack Squadron 35 |
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Rank | Lieutenant Commander U.S. Navy |
Entered Service From | Kansas City Missouri |
Date of Death | March 12 1968 |
Status | Missing In Action |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Honolulu Memorial |
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.