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DONALD BRICE GREENE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 9, 1950 – August 29, 1970
Service recordDonald Brice Greene, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 21
- WILLIAM DARWIN BLENKINSOPCorporal · August 29, 1970
- DAVE SCOTT CARRUTH JRSergeant · August 29, 1970
- MICHAEL JOSEPH COURTNEYLance Corporal · August 29, 1970
- JAMES WILLIARD FENTONStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JAMES AMHEISERCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 20
- DANIEL LAWRENCE GROVERPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 22
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.