Darrell R. Griffin Jr., 36

Army, Staff Sergeant

Based: Ft. Lewis, Wash.

2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division

Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom

Died: March 21, 2007

Balad, Iraq

Married

Gender: Male

Hometown: Alhambra

High School: Van Nuys Senior High (Van Nuys)

Burial: Los Angeles National Cemetery, Westwood

Griffin was awarded a Bronze Star with Valor in 2005 for his role in saving the lives of three U.S. soldiers and two Iraqi soldiers injured during battle. "Last Journey: A Father and Son in Wartime" a book co-written with his father, was released in 2009.

Agustin Gutierrez, 03/29/2007

John E. Allen, 03/17/2007

Four memories of Darrell R. Griffin Jr.

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These are the words of my beloved husband sent to me four days before his death... "Dearest Diana, Spartan women of Greece used to tell their husbands before they went into battle, to come back with their sheilds or laying on them, because they died honorably in battle, but if they did not return with them, this showed that they ran away from the battle, cowardice was not a Spartan virtue. Tell me you love me the same, by me coming back with my sheild or laying on it...I LOVE YOU MY SPARTAN WOMAN OF STRENGTH AND VIRTURE... Love, Darrell"...My husband a remarkable,intellectually brilliant Philosopher, the man who loved me beyond words...I will love him forever throughout eternity. "STRENGTH & HONOR" my love.

” — Diana Griffin, May 22, 2009 at 2:58 p.m.

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