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DENNIS DALE GREER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 3, 1948 – March 26, 1969
Service recordDennis Dale Greer, of Los Gatos, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 46
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 39 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- June 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Gatos, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 39 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 46
- LARRY ALAN GILLASPIESpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- WILLIE FRANK GREENCorporal · March 26, 1969
- GREGORY LEE HABETSSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- GEVIN PESCOZO PASTORESLance Corporal · March 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES CRAIG VICKREYSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 54
From Los Gatos
- RONALD GLEN SOULESergeant · April 13, 1966
- HARDING EUGENE SMITH SRColonel · June 3, 1966
- HARRY LEWIS MARIONSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
- THOMAS LEE COTTRELLLance Corporal · January 22, 1968
- RONALD LEE ROGERSSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- FRANCIS PETER BRICMONT JRPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- RICHARD KENNETH TAYLORCorporal · June 1, 1968
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.