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CHARLES WILLIAM GREENE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 2, 1945 – March 23, 1967
Service recordCharles William Greene, of Sandusky, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 23, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 31
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Sandusky, Ohio (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- 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 March 23, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 31
- JAMES THOMAS REDDINGTONLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- RAYMOND ADAM RYCKOStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
- ISAIAH SAMUELSPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- JOE A SAUCEDAPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
From Sandusky
- DALE DANIEL THOMASCaptain · July 30, 1964
- JOHN EDWARD KOCHENSPARGERLance Corporal · May 22, 1966
- ROBERT CLARENCE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- ALAN ALBERT STEINPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- ARTHUR CHARLES BUCKLieutenant (junior grade) · January 11, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES KEARSLEYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- ANDRES AVALOS GONZALEZCorporal · May 22, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL RAMONSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- DAVID JAMES LEVIERPrivate First Class · October 16, 1968
- NELSON LEE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · March 7, 1969
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.