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BRUCE GREGORY GREENE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 10, 1949 – February 17, 1970
Service recordBruce Gregory Greene, of Leetsdale, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 17, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 23
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Leetsdale, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 23
- THOMAS HALL FREASIERSpecialist Four · February 17, 1970
- JAMES BERNARD L GORDON JRSergeant First Class · February 17, 1970
- CRAIG WARD HAINESPetty Officer Third Class · February 17, 1970
- JOSEPH PAUL HONANPrivate First Class · February 17, 1970
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.