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

 2010, Patriot Guard Riders, Georgia Chapter (Department Head) (Georgia)
 
Title
Department Head

Join Year
2010
   

Last Updated: Jun 25, 2021
   
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  8 Also There at This Association:
 
  • Cowart, Sam, LTC, (1996-Present)
  • Defalco, Jonathan, LTC, (1981-2005)
  • Dunn, Jason, SGT, (1993-Present)
  • Fifield, Tom, SP 5, (1970-1973)
  • McLamb, DeLeon, MSG, (1966-1992)
  • Ortman, Edward, SFC, (1972-1994)
  • Swisher, Peter, MAJ, (1978-2002)
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