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

   1969-1969, 1193, HHC, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry

First Lieutenant
From Month/Year
July / 1969
To Month/Year
July / 1969
Unit
HHC Unit Page
Rank
First Lieutenant
MOS
1193-Field Artillery Unit Commander
Base, Fort or City
Hill 996
State/Country
Thua Thien (Vietnam)
 
 
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 HHC, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Details

HHC, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry
Type
Infantry
 
Parent Unit
1st Battalion, 506th Infantry
Strength
Company
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: 11 days ago
   
Memories For This Unit

Other Memories
D Company, 1/506. Gun shot wound, left shoulder on battle of Hill 996. 20 killed, 26 wounded. One MOH and seven Silver Stars

   
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General John W. Hendrix
189 Members Also There at Same Time
HHC

Hayward, Arnold C., LTC, (1954-1969) IN 1542 Lieutenant Colonel
Carmichael, William, 1LT, (1966-1972) IN 1542 First Lieutenant
Prior, Earle, 1LT, (1969-1974) IN 11A First Lieutenant
Roberts, Gordon, COL, (1968-2012) MS 3570 Second Lieutenant
Allen, Louis, SSG, (1969-1973) IN 111.10 Staff Sergeant
Harvey, Randall Lloyd, SFC, (1951-1969) IN 11B40 Staff Sergeant
Petersen, Terry, SSG, (1967-1969) IN 11B40 Staff Sergeant
Rodriguez, Charles, SSG, (1966-1970) IN 11B40 Staff Sergeant
Wanto, John Paul, SSG, (1969-1970) IN 11B10 Staff Sergeant
Willis, George, SSG, (1967-1969) IN 11B10 Staff Sergeant
Bloomfield, Norman Hubert, SGT, (1966-1969) SC 05B20 Sergeant
Godfrey, Arnold, SGT, (1967-1969) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Harrison, James, SGT, (1968-1970) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Hoffman, Jerry, SGT, (1968-1970) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Keller, George, SGT, (1969-1978) AG 75Z40 Sergeant
Meadows, Rick, SGT, (1968-1970) IN 11F40 Sergeant
Shope, Philip, SGT, (1969-1971) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Stinger, Robert, SGT, (1968-1971) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Sweat, David, SGT, (1969-1971) IN 11B20 Sergeant
Weaver, Robert, SGT, (1969-1971) IN 11C20 Sergeant
Williams, Thomas, SGT, (1969-1970) IN 11B30 Sergeant
Howard, Spikey, SP 6, (1968-1970) AG 71H30 Specialist 6
Anderson, John, SP 5, (1967-1970) SC 31B10 Specialist 5
Delph, William, SP 5, (1968-1972) TC 64A10 Specialist 5
Bachman, Tim, SP 4, (1967-1970) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Bowen, Lou, SP 4, (1969-1971) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Bush, Mark Joel, SGT, (1969-1970) IN 11B20 Specialist 4
Collins, Jonathan, SP 4, (1968-1969) MD 91B10 Specialist 4
Farnie, Bill, SP 4, (1968-1974) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Flood, Michael Harold, SP 4, (1968-1969) MD 91B10 Specialist 4
Glassburn, Joe Richard, SP 4, (1968-1969) MD 91A10 Specialist 4
Leonard, Ronald Fred, SP 4, (1969-1970) MD 91B20 Specialist 4
Marthey, Paul, SP 4, (1968-1970) FA 13A10 Specialist 4
Mckay, Daron, SP 4, (1969-1971) MI 17K Specialist 4
Severson, Thomas Eugene, SP 4, (1969-1970) MD 91B10 Specialist 4
Stacey, Gary Ross, SP 4, (1969-1970) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Stinger, Robert, SGT, (1967-1970) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Vevera, Philip John, SP 4, (1968-1969) MD 91A10 Specialist 4
Wells, Tinsley Jack, SP 4, (1969-1970) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
[Name Withheld], (1968-1969) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Motley, Larry Keith, PFC, (1968-1969) MD 91A10 Private First Class
Leonard, Liston Rapheal, PV1, (1968-1970) OD 63A Private (E-2)
Dennis, Eric, PV1, (1966-1970) MD 91A10 Private (E-1)
Montalbano, Richard J., SP 5, (1968-1971) IN 11B10 Private (E-1)
Sills, Terry, PV1, (1967-1971) IN 11B10 Private (E-1)
Wilson, Lester, PV2, (1967-1972) MD 91A10 Private (E-1)
Scandrett, William, LTC, (1967-1989) Captain
Keller, George, SGT, (1969-1978) IM Sergeant
Williams, Richard, SGT, (1967-1969) IN Sergeant
Way, Louis, SP 5, (1968-1970) IN Specialist 5
Silverthorn, Andy, CPT, (1968-1972) First Lieutenant
Kelsey, Daniel Jefferson, SFC, (1949-1969) Sergeant First Class
Dunn, Eddie, SGT, (1967-1969) Sergeant
Finnegan, David Garth, SGT, (1968-1969) Sergeant
Finger, David Harold, PFC, (1969-1969) Corporal
Cox, Timothy, SP 4, (1968-1971) Specialist 4
Kenoffel, Stephen Michael, SP 4, (1968-1970) Specialist 4
Kenoffel, Stephen Michael, SP 4, (1968-1970) Specialist 4

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