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DONALD CARL GREEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 9, 1939 – May 31, 1966
Service recordDonald Carl Green, of Park Rapids, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 127
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 9, 1939
- Home of record
- Park Rapids, Minnesota (Hubbard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 127
- DARL D BENNETTSergeant First Class · May 31, 1966
- THOMAS FRANKLIN CASEColonel · May 31, 1966
- WILLIAM ROTHROC EDMONDSONMajor · May 31, 1966
- JAMES GRAYStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1966
From Park Rapids
- JAMES WESLEY ASHBYPetty Officer Third Class · June 1, 1967
- GARY LEE REHNCorporal · November 9, 1967
- VINCENT LLOYD SHEPERSKYSpecialist Four · August 14, 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.