Griggs, Vernon F.
Army Recruit

Vernon F. Griggs, age 23, from Clifton, New Jersey, Passaic county.

Parents: Arthur L. (1897-1969) and Naomi Frazee Griggs

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Clifton High graduate, Westminster Choir College in Princeton

Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 77 killed in Richmond, Virginia when the engines aboard their plane failed and it crashed into marshland. The crew and passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The flight was enroute from Baltimore to Columbia, South Carolina.
Cemetery: Atlantic View in Manasquan

Source: Associated Press (1961), Passaic Herald News (1961), Burlington Free Press (1969)