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CARL JOHN GREEN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 5, 1948 – April 24, 1969
Service recordCarl John Green JR, of Seaside, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 39
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Seaside, Oregon (Clatsop County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 39
- BILLY CHARLES DAVISSpecialist Four · April 24, 1969
- FRANK WARREN FLONNOY JRSpecialist Four · April 24, 1969
- JOSEPH JESS GAVIASpecialist Four · April 24, 1969
- GREGORY MICHAEL HARRIGANFirst Lieutenant · April 24, 1969
From Seaside
- MELVIN DERWARD HEBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- GORDON LEE ZIMMERLESergeant · March 23, 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.