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DAVID HARRY GREEN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 26, 1943 – February 9, 1968
Service recordDavid Harry Green JR, of Awendaw, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 50
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Awendaw, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
107 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 50
- CHARLES OBADATH GOODMANSpecialist Five · February 9, 1968
- DONALD JACK HAILEStaff Sergeant · February 9, 1968
- PETER BURR HEDLUNDSergeant · February 9, 1968
- NORMAN CHARLES KISSINGERPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROY L ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 43
- FRANK ELTON HILTEStaff Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 51
- NORMAN WARD HOLMESPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 52
- MARVIN EUGENE MONROESpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 56
- GARY EUGENE SALISBURYSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 60
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.