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DENNIS JOSEPH GREEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 9, 1947 – August 8, 1969
Service recordDennis Joseph Green, of West De Pere, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 113
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1947
- Home of record
- West De Pere, Wisconsin (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 113
- DWIGHT DUNARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · August 8, 1969
- HARRY GARRIGUSSpecialist Four · August 8, 1969
- LOUIE ELMER HAWKEYPrivate First Class · August 8, 1969
- JIMMIE EUGENE KEITHSpecialist Five · August 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WAYNE COOPERSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 112
- DWIGHT DUNARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 113
- MANUEL FRANCISCO PARRASergeant · Panel 20W, Line 115
From West De Pere
- MIKAL JAMES SULLIVANLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- HEUVEL DAVID F VANDENPrivate First Class · March 2, 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.