In Memory of…..JAMES LLOYD GRIFFIN.
*** Shot down and captured May 19, 1967. MIA. Remains recovered April 1974. Buried, Arlington Cemetery.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
JAMES LLOYD GRIFFIN - Navy - CDR - O5
Age: 34
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Dec 27, 1932
From: GATES, TN
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Married to Dora Bessie Smith Griffin on June 11, 1955 in Haywood Co,Tenn. (Now: Bell). Survivors include his wife Dora, his son James, and his daughter Glyn Carol Griffin (Born May 11, 1961 in Monterey Co,,Cal.).
Parents: two brothers and a sister. ** His father should be: James Fletcher Griffin His mother should be: Emogene Chaney Griffin
Contributor: Dora Griffin Bell
*** Possible Relatives: Joe W Griffin, L Griffin, Shirley J Griffin.
***** ( Pictures ) - December 27, 1932 - May 21, 1967
Born Gates, TN
Pilot, RVAH-13, flying a Vigilante aircraft aboard USS Kitty Hawk. Shot down and captured May 19, 1967. MIA. Remains recovered April 1974.
Buried, Arlington Cemetery.
Dora Griffin Bell
CDR - O5 - Navy - Regular
Casualty was on May 21, 1967
In NORTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died captured, FIXED WING - PILOT
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was recovered
Panel 20E - Line 43
Other Personnel in Incident:
Having just learned of your POW info site, I thought you might like to have more complete information on my first husband, James Lloyd Griffin.
The information from the following is from my own knowledge, information furnished me by the US Navy, and an obituary published at the time of his death in the Washington Post (the source for which I believe was the US
Navy.) Feel free to include any of the following information on your site.
Thank you.
Dora Bell
Commander James Lloyd Griffin Born in Gates, Tennessee 27 December 1932,he attended the University of Tennessee at Martin before entering the U.S. Naval Academy. Upon graduation from the academy in 1955 he entered flight training in Pensacola, Florida, and got his wings in 1956.
He attended the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterrey, California, and received a professional degree in aeronautical engineering from University of Michigan
in 1963.
He served in VA-83, deploying to the Mediterranean and flying missions in Lebanon in 1958 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex and in 1959-60 aboard USS Forestall. He joined RVAH-13 in 1964, serving in Vietnam on two
cruises from 1965-1967. In April of 1967 Commander Griffin had completed 100 combat missions; his plane was shot down over Hanoi on May 19, 1967--Ho Chi Minh1s birthday.
Commander Griffin's awards included the Distinguished Flying Cross with gold star; the Air Medal with bronze Star (eight awards); the Naval Commendation
Medal with gold star and combat distinguishing device; the Navy Achievement Medal; the Purple Heart; Navy Unit Commendation Medal with bronze star; Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation (Galantry Cross Medal Color
with Palm); Vietnam Service Medal with three bronze stars; and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.
On the day of his "shoot-down" a radio broadcast from Hanoi announced that Commander Griffin and his navigator had been captured, and, although gravely injured, he read a statement which was broadcast.
A photo of his military ID card was displayed in a museum in Hanoi. He was carried in a "missing in action" status until January, 1973, when his death on May 21, 1967 was revealed by the North Vietnamese.
On January 16, 1974 the Secretary of the Navy verified that Commander Griffin had died while a prisoner of war. A plaque marking the event of his "shoot down" stands on the corner of a building in downtown Hanoi.
Survivors include his wife Dora, his son James, and his daughter Glyn Carol Griffin, his parents, two brothers and a sister.
Jim Griffin ('55) was shot down on 19 May 67. The plague in Hanoi that commemorates his shootdown has the date 5-19-67 which is the shootdown date and also Ho Chi Minh's birthday. The Navy and AF hit Hanoi hard that day and we lost 5 aircraft in the process. The plaque the Vietnamese erected on a wall in downtown Hanoi was to commemorate the shoot down of Jim Griffin's RA-5C.
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*** Shot down and captured May 19, 1967. MIA. Remains recovered April 1974. Buried, Arlington Cemetery.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
JAMES LLOYD GRIFFIN - Navy - CDR - O5
Age: 34
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Dec 27, 1932
From: GATES, TN
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Married to Dora Bessie Smith Griffin on June 11, 1955 in Haywood Co,Tenn. (Now: Bell). Survivors include his wife Dora, his son James, and his daughter Glyn Carol Griffin (Born May 11, 1961 in Monterey Co,,Cal.).
Parents: two brothers and a sister. ** His father should be: James Fletcher Griffin His mother should be: Emogene Chaney Griffin
Contributor: Dora Griffin Bell
*** Possible Relatives: Joe W Griffin, L Griffin, Shirley J Griffin.
***** ( Pictures ) - December 27, 1932 - May 21, 1967
Born Gates, TN
Pilot, RVAH-13, flying a Vigilante aircraft aboard USS Kitty Hawk. Shot down and captured May 19, 1967. MIA. Remains recovered April 1974.
Buried, Arlington Cemetery.
Dora Griffin Bell
CDR - O5 - Navy - Regular
Casualty was on May 21, 1967
In NORTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died captured, FIXED WING - PILOT
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was recovered
Panel 20E - Line 43
Other Personnel in Incident:
Having just learned of your POW info site, I thought you might like to have more complete information on my first husband, James Lloyd Griffin.
The information from the following is from my own knowledge, information furnished me by the US Navy, and an obituary published at the time of his death in the Washington Post (the source for which I believe was the US
Navy.) Feel free to include any of the following information on your site.
Thank you.
Dora Bell
Commander James Lloyd Griffin Born in Gates, Tennessee 27 December 1932,he attended the University of Tennessee at Martin before entering the U.S. Naval Academy. Upon graduation from the academy in 1955 he entered flight training in Pensacola, Florida, and got his wings in 1956.
He attended the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterrey, California, and received a professional degree in aeronautical engineering from University of Michigan
in 1963.
He served in VA-83, deploying to the Mediterranean and flying missions in Lebanon in 1958 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex and in 1959-60 aboard USS Forestall. He joined RVAH-13 in 1964, serving in Vietnam on two
cruises from 1965-1967. In April of 1967 Commander Griffin had completed 100 combat missions; his plane was shot down over Hanoi on May 19, 1967--Ho Chi Minh1s birthday.
Commander Griffin's awards included the Distinguished Flying Cross with gold star; the Air Medal with bronze Star (eight awards); the Naval Commendation
Medal with gold star and combat distinguishing device; the Navy Achievement Medal; the Purple Heart; Navy Unit Commendation Medal with bronze star; Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation (Galantry Cross Medal Color
with Palm); Vietnam Service Medal with three bronze stars; and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.
On the day of his "shoot-down" a radio broadcast from Hanoi announced that Commander Griffin and his navigator had been captured, and, although gravely injured, he read a statement which was broadcast.
A photo of his military ID card was displayed in a museum in Hanoi. He was carried in a "missing in action" status until January, 1973, when his death on May 21, 1967 was revealed by the North Vietnamese.
On January 16, 1974 the Secretary of the Navy verified that Commander Griffin had died while a prisoner of war. A plaque marking the event of his "shoot down" stands on the corner of a building in downtown Hanoi.
Survivors include his wife Dora, his son James, and his daughter Glyn Carol Griffin, his parents, two brothers and a sister.
Jim Griffin ('55) was shot down on 19 May 67. The plague in Hanoi that commemorates his shootdown has the date 5-19-67 which is the shootdown date and also Ho Chi Minh's birthday. The Navy and AF hit Hanoi hard that day and we lost 5 aircraft in the process. The plaque the Vietnamese erected on a wall in downtown Hanoi was to commemorate the shoot down of Jim Griffin's RA-5C.
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In Memory of…..JAMES LLOYD GRIFFIN.
*** Shot down and captured May 19, 1967. MIA. Remains recovered April 1974. Buried, Arlington Cemetery.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
JAMES LLOYD GRIFFIN - Navy - CDR - O5
Age: 34
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Dec 27, 1932
From: GATES, TN
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Married to Dora Bessie Smith Griffin on June 11, 1955 in Haywood Co,Tenn. (Now: Bell). Survivors include his wife Dora, his son James, and his daughter Glyn Carol Griffin (Born May 11, 1961 in Monterey Co,,Cal.).
Parents: two brothers and a sister. ** His father should be: James Fletcher Griffin His mother should be: Emogene Chaney Griffin
Contributor: Dora Griffin Bell
*** Possible Relatives: Joe W Griffin, L Griffin, Shirley J Griffin.
***** ( Pictures ) - December 27, 1932 - May 21, 1967
Born Gates, TN
Pilot, RVAH-13, flying a Vigilante aircraft aboard USS Kitty Hawk. Shot down and captured May 19, 1967. MIA. Remains recovered April 1974.
Buried, Arlington Cemetery.
Dora Griffin Bell
CDR - O5 - Navy - Regular
Casualty was on May 21, 1967
In NORTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died captured, FIXED WING - PILOT
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was recovered
Panel 20E - Line 43
Other Personnel in Incident:
Having just learned of your POW info site, I thought you might like to have more complete information on my first husband, James Lloyd Griffin.
The information from the following is from my own knowledge, information furnished me by the US Navy, and an obituary published at the time of his death in the Washington Post (the source for which I believe was the US
Navy.) Feel free to include any of the following information on your site.
Thank you.
Dora Bell
Commander James Lloyd Griffin Born in Gates, Tennessee 27 December 1932,he attended the University of Tennessee at Martin before entering the U.S. Naval Academy. Upon graduation from the academy in 1955 he entered flight training in Pensacola, Florida, and got his wings in 1956.
He attended the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterrey, California, and received a professional degree in aeronautical engineering from University of Michigan
in 1963.
He served in VA-83, deploying to the Mediterranean and flying missions in Lebanon in 1958 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex and in 1959-60 aboard USS Forestall. He joined RVAH-13 in 1964, serving in Vietnam on two
cruises from 1965-1967. In April of 1967 Commander Griffin had completed 100 combat missions; his plane was shot down over Hanoi on May 19, 1967--Ho Chi Minh1s birthday.
Commander Griffin's awards included the Distinguished Flying Cross with gold star; the Air Medal with bronze Star (eight awards); the Naval Commendation
Medal with gold star and combat distinguishing device; the Navy Achievement Medal; the Purple Heart; Navy Unit Commendation Medal with bronze star; Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation (Galantry Cross Medal Color
with Palm); Vietnam Service Medal with three bronze stars; and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.
On the day of his "shoot-down" a radio broadcast from Hanoi announced that Commander Griffin and his navigator had been captured, and, although gravely injured, he read a statement which was broadcast.
A photo of his military ID card was displayed in a museum in Hanoi. He was carried in a "missing in action" status until January, 1973, when his death on May 21, 1967 was revealed by the North Vietnamese.
On January 16, 1974 the Secretary of the Navy verified that Commander Griffin had died while a prisoner of war. A plaque marking the event of his "shoot down" stands on the corner of a building in downtown Hanoi.
Survivors include his wife Dora, his son James, and his daughter Glyn Carol Griffin, his parents, two brothers and a sister.
Jim Griffin ('55) was shot down on 19 May 67. The plague in Hanoi that commemorates his shootdown has the date 5-19-67 which is the shootdown date and also Ho Chi Minh's birthday. The Navy and AF hit Hanoi hard that day and we lost 5 aircraft in the process. The plaque the Vietnamese erected on a wall in downtown Hanoi was to commemorate the shoot down of Jim Griffin's RA-5C.
*************************************************
.
*** Shot down and captured May 19, 1967. MIA. Remains recovered April 1974. Buried, Arlington Cemetery.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
JAMES LLOYD GRIFFIN - Navy - CDR - O5
Age: 34
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Dec 27, 1932
From: GATES, TN
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Married to Dora Bessie Smith Griffin on June 11, 1955 in Haywood Co,Tenn. (Now: Bell). Survivors include his wife Dora, his son James, and his daughter Glyn Carol Griffin (Born May 11, 1961 in Monterey Co,,Cal.).
Parents: two brothers and a sister. ** His father should be: James Fletcher Griffin His mother should be: Emogene Chaney Griffin
Contributor: Dora Griffin Bell
*** Possible Relatives: Joe W Griffin, L Griffin, Shirley J Griffin.
***** ( Pictures ) - December 27, 1932 - May 21, 1967
Born Gates, TN
Pilot, RVAH-13, flying a Vigilante aircraft aboard USS Kitty Hawk. Shot down and captured May 19, 1967. MIA. Remains recovered April 1974.
Buried, Arlington Cemetery.
Dora Griffin Bell
CDR - O5 - Navy - Regular
Casualty was on May 21, 1967
In NORTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died captured, FIXED WING - PILOT
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was recovered
Panel 20E - Line 43
Other Personnel in Incident:
Having just learned of your POW info site, I thought you might like to have more complete information on my first husband, James Lloyd Griffin.
The information from the following is from my own knowledge, information furnished me by the US Navy, and an obituary published at the time of his death in the Washington Post (the source for which I believe was the US
Navy.) Feel free to include any of the following information on your site.
Thank you.
Dora Bell
Commander James Lloyd Griffin Born in Gates, Tennessee 27 December 1932,he attended the University of Tennessee at Martin before entering the U.S. Naval Academy. Upon graduation from the academy in 1955 he entered flight training in Pensacola, Florida, and got his wings in 1956.
He attended the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterrey, California, and received a professional degree in aeronautical engineering from University of Michigan
in 1963.
He served in VA-83, deploying to the Mediterranean and flying missions in Lebanon in 1958 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex and in 1959-60 aboard USS Forestall. He joined RVAH-13 in 1964, serving in Vietnam on two
cruises from 1965-1967. In April of 1967 Commander Griffin had completed 100 combat missions; his plane was shot down over Hanoi on May 19, 1967--Ho Chi Minh1s birthday.
Commander Griffin's awards included the Distinguished Flying Cross with gold star; the Air Medal with bronze Star (eight awards); the Naval Commendation
Medal with gold star and combat distinguishing device; the Navy Achievement Medal; the Purple Heart; Navy Unit Commendation Medal with bronze star; Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation (Galantry Cross Medal Color
with Palm); Vietnam Service Medal with three bronze stars; and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.
On the day of his "shoot-down" a radio broadcast from Hanoi announced that Commander Griffin and his navigator had been captured, and, although gravely injured, he read a statement which was broadcast.
A photo of his military ID card was displayed in a museum in Hanoi. He was carried in a "missing in action" status until January, 1973, when his death on May 21, 1967 was revealed by the North Vietnamese.
On January 16, 1974 the Secretary of the Navy verified that Commander Griffin had died while a prisoner of war. A plaque marking the event of his "shoot down" stands on the corner of a building in downtown Hanoi.
Survivors include his wife Dora, his son James, and his daughter Glyn Carol Griffin, his parents, two brothers and a sister.
Jim Griffin ('55) was shot down on 19 May 67. The plague in Hanoi that commemorates his shootdown has the date 5-19-67 which is the shootdown date and also Ho Chi Minh's birthday. The Navy and AF hit Hanoi hard that day and we lost 5 aircraft in the process. The plaque the Vietnamese erected on a wall in downtown Hanoi was to commemorate the shoot down of Jim Griffin's RA-5C.
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