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BENNY DOYCE GREENE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 15, 1948 – April 13, 1970
Service recordBenny Doyce Greene, of Clyde, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 131
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Clyde, North Carolina (Haywood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 131
- RALPH CURTIS EMBREY IIChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 13, 1970
- LARRY EDWARD FRANCISSpecialist Five · April 13, 1970
- CARLOS HILL GARCIASergeant · April 13, 1970
- JUAN GARCIA-GARAYSergeant · April 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WLADISLAW KAUSSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 132
From Clyde
- DAVID MICHAEL MCPHERSONSpecialist Five · January 14, 1967
- JOHN DOUGLAS WOODARDPetty Officer Third Class · April 4, 1968
- ROBERT CARROLL HAWKINSPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- CHARLES CROCKETT MATTHEWSSergeant · August 13, 1969
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.