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DENNIS ANTHONY GREELEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 17, 1947 – November 28, 1969
Service recordDennis Anthony Greeley, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- 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 November 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh 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 15W, Line 1
- DANIEL THOMAS HUNTSergeant · November 28, 1969
- MARSHALL PERNELL IVEYMaster Sergeant · November 28, 1969
- KENNETH RICHARD KIENERPrivate First Class · November 28, 1969
- ROBERT BOZO KOSTICH JRSergeant · November 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARL EARLY DEAN JRCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 130
- ROBERT WILLIAM DONAHUE JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 130
- KENNETH RICHARD KIENERPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 1
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.