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CHARLES VERNON GREEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1949 – February 1, 1970
Service recordCharles Vernon Green, of Santa Monica, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 1, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 89
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Santa Monica, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 89
- LEON AUBREY FENTRESSCorporal · February 1, 1970
- ROBERT FORDSpecialist Four · February 1, 1970
- MARK ANTHONY FOSTERLance Corporal · February 1, 1970
- WILLIAM KENNETH GARRITYPrivate First Class · February 1, 1970
From Santa Monica
- ODIS DANIEL ARNOLDLieutenant Colonel · June 30, 1961
- MARK RICHARDSON CHASESpecialist Four · March 4, 1965
- DAVID MICHEL HANNPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- REO OWENSPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- OSCAR ROLAND CARRIEREPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- BRUCE LEONARD KENNEDYLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- KENNY RYOSUKE SUZUKIPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- ALLAN HARVEY KATZPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- LAWSON DOUGLAS GERARDPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM F WARNERSecond Lieutenant · July 25, 1967
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.