Griffin, Len, CPT

Field Artillery
 
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Current Service Status
USA Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Captain
Current/Last Service Branch
Field Artillery
Current/Last Primary MOS
1193-Field Artillery Unit Commander
Current/Last MOS Group
Field Artillery
Primary Unit
1969-1971, 1193, HHC, 82nd Airborne Division
Service Years
1967 - 1971
Field Artillery
Captain
One Overseas Service Bar

 Official Badges 

101st Airborne Division French Fourragere


 Unofficial Badges 

Airborne


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Chapter 576Georgia Chapter506th Infantry Regiment AssociationChapter 772
  2008, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Chapter 576 (Member) (Alpharetta, Georgia) - Chap. Page
  2010, Patriot Guard Riders, Georgia Chapter (Department Head) (Georgia)
  2010, 506th Infantry Regiment Association
  2010, Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA), Chapter 772 (Member) (Gainesville, Georgia) - Chap. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Worked for the Atlanta Police Department for 8 years after leaving the Army. 1971 to 1979. I then went to Delta Air Lines for 22 years. Retired to the North GA Mountains where I write books, hunt, fish and research my family history. I was awarded 100% rated disabilityP&T  from VA on May 25, 2012

   
Other Comments:

Entered the Army on 5 Jan 1967 as a Pvt E-1, Basic at Ft. Benning
OCS Prep at Fort Sill, Mar 1967, as a SGT E-5
OCS at Ft. Sill, 11 July 1967, as a SGT E-5
Commissioned Field Artillery, 12 Dec 1967 as a 2LT
Airborne School, Ft. Benning Jan 1968
82nd Airborne with B-2/320 Arty Jan 1968 until Feb 1968
OIC 82nd Airborne Division Marksmanship Detachment Feb to Oct 1968
3rd Army Rifle Team, July 1968
Vietnam with 101st Airborne Division, 2nd Lt and 1st Lt, Oct  1968 to July 11, 1969
82nd Airborne Div. 1969 to 1971
Discharged 6 Jul 1971, Reduction in Force as a CPT

   

 Remembrance Profiles -  5 Soldiers Remembered
  • Morris, John, SP 4

   1968-1969, 1193, 101st Airborne Division

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101st Airborne Division Unit Page
Rank
First Lieutenant
MOS
1193-Field Artillery Unit Commander
Base, Fort or City
Vietnam
State/Country
Thua Thien (Vietnam)
 
 
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 101st Airborne Division Details

101st Airborne Division
"SCREAMING EAGLES"
Type
Airborne Infantry
 
Parent Unit
Infantry Divisions
Strength
Division
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Dec 8, 2009
   
   
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101st Airborne Division

Pohl, Richard Sharon, COL, (1945-1968) FA 1193 Colonel
Vogel, Edward Barry, COL, (1950-1968) FA 1193 Colonel
Bartholomew, Roger Jay, LTC, (1954-1968) FA 1193 Lieutenant Colonel
McDonnell, John Terence, MAJ, (1963-1969) FA 1193 Captain
Novak, Brian, CPT, (1967-1973) FA 1193 Captain
Machala, Ronald, 1LT, (1966-1969) FA 1193 First Lieutenant
Wade, Douglas Burem, 2LT, (1965-1968) FA 1193 Second Lieutenant
Owczarczak, Melvin Joseph, 2LT, (1968-1968) FA 1154 Second Lieutenant
Wyman, Curt, 1LT, (1968-1971) FA 1154 Second Lieutenant
Barry, Martin, SSG, (1968-1970) FA 13A30 Sergeant (Field Artillery)
Eschenburg, Emil, BG, (1939-1970) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Lively, David, COL, (1966-2007) IN 1542 Colonel
Raupp, Edward, COL, (1958-1979) AG 2110 Colonel
Greeson, Jon, LTC, (1955-1987) IN 1542 Lieutenant Colonel
Kauffman, Donald, LTC, (1967-1987) IN 11B20 Lieutenant Colonel
Sydnor, Elliot P., COL, (1945-1981) IN 71542 Lieutenant Colonel
Winton, Harold, LTC, (1964-1989) IN 11B Lieutenant Colonel
Brock, Jesse, MAJ, (1959-1980) TC 100D Major
Cerjan, Paul, LTG, (1956-1994) EN 7010 Major
Hamby, Jerrell Everett, COL, (1951-1985) IN 1542 Major
Meier, Bruce, MAJ, (1962-1985) MP 9110 Major
Meier, Bruce, MAJ, (1962-1986) MP 9110 Major
Anderson, Dennis Keith, CPT, (1963-1968) IN 1542 Captain
Asher, Samuel Earl, CPT, (1968-1970) IN 1542 Captain
Barnett, Gary Joe, CPT, (1968-1970) AV 1981 Captain
Bennett, Robert Horace, CPT, (1967-1970) IN 1542 Captain
Compere, John, BG, (1966-1992) JA 8103 Captain
Cooper, Earle, CPT, (1967-1971) IN 11B Captain
Dimmitt, Frank Robert, CPT, (1962-1968) IN 1542 Captain
Doptis, Charles, CPT, (1968-1972) IN 11B10 Captain
Earls, Gary, LTC, (1966-1995) AV 1981 Captain
Faherty, Peter Kevin, CPT, (1966-1975) IN 1542 Captain
Franzinger, Kurt Walter, CPT, (1961-1969) IN 2164 Captain
Higbee, Gary Lee, CPT, (1963-1968) TC 1981 Captain
Johnson, Adrian Joseph, CPT, (1964-1969) TC 4823 Captain
Kelly, John Edward, CPT, (1966-1969) IN 1542 Captain
Ledford, Alvie Junior, CPT, (1966-1969) TC 1981 Captain
Luscinski, James Timothy, CPT, (1958-1969) TC 1981 Captain
Martinez, John, CPT, (1966-1971) TC 100E Captain
Miner, George Louis, CPT, (1967-1969) TC 1981 Captain
Osborne, Br, LTC, (1966-2004) TC 100F Captain
Petersen, Dsle, CPT, (1966-1973) IN 61542 Captain
Phillips, Steven, LTC, (1968-1993) MD 3100 Captain
Roach, Ranger, COL, (1966-1995) IN 11B Captain
Robinson, Sam, CPT, (1964-1969) IN 1542 Captain
Roediger, Chriss Leslie, CPT, (1965-1969) AV 1981 Captain
Salvadorini, David, LTC, (1966-1989) TC 1981 Captain
SCHACHT, KERRY, CPT, (1969-1979) UN 00X Captain
Sterrett, John, LTC, (1963-1983) AR 61204 Captain
Thomas, Charles, CPT, (1958-1979) IN 81542 Captain
Timms, Richard, CPT, (1968-1970) MD 3100 Captain
Watson, David Warren, CPT, (1965-1969) AV 1981 Captain
Whitehead, William J., CPT, (1963-1968) MI 9301 Captain
Whitmore, William Lee, CPT, (1968-1970) AV 062B Captain
Whittle, Buzz, CPT, (1960-1985) AV 152C Captain
Workman, Donald Renay, CPT, (1961-1970) IN 1542 Captain
Wrazen, Gerald, CPT, (1958-1969) IN 1542 Captain
Andujar, Reinaldo Luis, MAJ, (1969-1989) IN 1542 First Lieutenant
Arney, Randall Nave, 1LT, (1967-1968) IN 1542 First Lieutenant

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