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CANEY GREEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 11, 1943 – August 15, 1966
Service recordCaney Green, of Lenoir, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Lenoir, North Carolina (Caldwell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 8
- ALLEN GEORGE FRENCHLance Corporal · August 15, 1966
- STEVE WESTLEL HARRISPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- JOHN LEWIS HAWKINS JRPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- KENNETH HAWSEYFirst Sergeant · August 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN FRANKLIN BOYCEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10E, Line 6
- FRED BROWN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 6
- HENRY BUTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 7
- BOBBY J COFFELTSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 7
- WILLIAM MARK CROYStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 7
- MICHAEL C DUNDASWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10E, Line 7
- KENNETH HAWSEYFirst Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 8
- SANFORD LEVON JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 9
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 9
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 9
- JAMES RICHARD MORLEYSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 9
- JAMES EDWARD PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 9
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 10
- DONALD L SUMMERSPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 11
- WILLIAM EDWARD TAYLORMajor · Panel 10E, Line 11
- FRED L THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 11
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 12
From Lenoir
- WALTER J SPAINHOUR JRFirst Lieutenant · September 15, 1966
- MICHAEL H PENNELLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- EDWARD EUGENE GREENEStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- GENE CALVIN REIDSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- THEODORE R CONLEY JRLance Corporal · November 29, 1968
- RICHARD COLON WATSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- GEORGE FRANKLIN MCGEECorporal · September 11, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD BOWERS JRSergeant · March 7, 1970
- WILLIAM EUGENE AUSTINSergeant · July 31, 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.