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ALLEN RUSSELL GREEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 29, 1949 – May 17, 1968
Service recordAllen Russell Green, of Hanley Hills, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Hanley Hills, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 5
- TIMOTHY MCKEE HAMILTONSergeant · May 17, 1968
- JERRY WENDELL HAMMOCKCorporal · May 17, 1968
- ALBERT WILLIAM HAWKINSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- RAYMOND ALBERT HENSLEYSergeant · May 17, 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.