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Patrick Lee Griffin Jr
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Name: Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick Lee Griffin Jr.
Age: 31
From: Elgin, S.C.
Assigned to 728th Air Control Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.
Incident: Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick Lee Griffin Jr. was killed in action near Diwaniyah, Iraq, when his convoy was ambushed en route to Baghdad.
Died: May 13, 2003
Death of Eglin airman ruled an accident
Associated Press
Age: 31
From: Elgin, S.C.
Assigned to 728th Air Control Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.
Incident: Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick Lee Griffin Jr. was killed in action near Diwaniyah, Iraq, when his convoy was ambushed en route to Baghdad.
Died: May 13, 2003
Death of Eglin airman ruled an accident
Associated Press
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — The death of an Eglin Air Force Base staff sergeant during a convoy in Iraq last year was accidental, according to an Air Force investigative report obtained by a newspaper.
Data systems technician Staff Sgt. Patrick L. Griffin Jr., 31, of the 728th Air Control Squadron was killed May 13 when an unexploded U.S. Army bomblet detonated, the report said. The incident happened when the convoy, en route to Baghdad from Kuwait, stopped to determine its position after a wrong turn.
Griffin’s widow provided the Northwest Florida Daily News with the report.
“It helps me because I knew everything there was to know about Patrick Griffin, but I...
Occupation
728th Air Control Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.
Incident
Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick Lee Griffin Jr. was killed in action near Diwaniyah, Iraq, when his convoy was ambushed en route to Baghdad.
Prayers & Messages
Patrick Lee Griffin Jr
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.