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CHARLES EDWARD GREENE
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
March 3, 1938 – February 3, 1972
Service recordCharles Edward Greene, of Cordele, Georgia, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 3, 1972, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 104
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- March 3, 1938
- Home of record
- Cordele, Georgia (Crisp County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1972
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1972; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 104
- DONALD W LOWECaptain · February 3, 1972
- DANIEL DEAN COOPERLieutenant · February 4, 1972
- LEONARD JAMES MATELSKIStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1972
- THOMAS WASHINGTON LIPSEY IIISpecialist Four · February 6, 1972
From Cordele
- JOHNNIE WILLIAM FAIRCLOTHStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- MARVIN DOWDELLPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- BOBBY VERNON HAYSLIPStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1967
- VERNON MEANSSergeant · November 13, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL BECKSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- ERNEST MICHAEL STAINESCorporal · June 29, 1969
- WILLIE B WALKER JRLance Corporal · January 2, 1970
- RUBIN MATHIS IISpecialist Five · June 25, 1971
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.