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CHARLES GREEN JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 23, 1948 – August 26, 1967
Service recordCharles Green JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Specialist (55B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 47
- WILLIAM OTIS FULLERMajor · August 26, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD KEGLOVITSPrivate First Class · August 26, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL KILCULLENCaptain · August 26, 1967
- JOSEPH CHARLES LUPOSpecialist Five · August 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PATRICK JOSEPH CAREYCorporal · Panel 25E, Line 46
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.