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DAVID CURTIS GREESON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 15, 1948 – November 7, 1969
Service recordDavid Curtis Greeson, of Melbourne, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 42
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Melbourne, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 42
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DARTSpecialist Four · November 7, 1969
- ANTHONY MARIAN FIRAKSergeant · November 7, 1969
- JAMES ALFRED GAISERFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1969
- HARRY EDWARD UNDERWOODCorporal · November 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HARRY EDWARD UNDERWOODCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 42
- JOHN WILLIAM RASMUSSENPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 43
- DAVID RUSSELL JACKSONSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 44
From Melbourne
- GERALD H GAYLORStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1966
- RICHARD MEAD WATERBURYSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- SCOTT DOUGLAS RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- ARPHALIA L RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- PAUL L BERRYWarrant Officer 1 · January 10, 1968
- JOHN JACOB GUNTHERSergeant · March 14, 1968
- JOHN EGBERT GREESONSpecialist Five · July 22, 1968
- NORMAN DALE BROWNSpecialist Five · June 6, 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.