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ALAN HEALD GREENLAW
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 25, 1943 – June 18, 1969
Service recordAlan Heald Greenlaw, of Redding, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 77
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Redding, California (Shasta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 77
- WALTER JOE LOUIS GRIFFINPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- BARRY RICHARD GRULKESpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- HAROLD FREDRICK HAWKINSCorporal · June 18, 1969
- JAMES DALE HENNESSEYSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PATRICK BRADYCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 72
- CHARLES WILLIAM DORNONSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 75
- MARTIN ALLEN MCZEALSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 81
From Redding
- RANDELL FRANK SHANNONSpecialist Four · September 28, 1966
- CURTIS DARRELL JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · June 27, 1967
- DALE CHRISTOPHER PEHRSONCorporal · November 30, 1967
- BARRY N GRIGSBYPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- RAYMOND CALVIN GUESTCorporal · March 15, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RETZLOFF JRConstructionman · March 31, 1968
- JEFFREY EARL LAMBERTCorporal · April 17, 1968
- MEL ROY BALLARDSergeant · April 18, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM CRANFORDPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BATESPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.