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DONALD GEORGE GREEN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 27, 1932 – November 16, 1965
Service recordDonald George Green, of Baldwin Park, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 16, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 66
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 469 TAC FTR SQ
- Born
- July 27, 1932
- Home of record
- Baldwin Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1965
- Age
- 33
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 3E, Line 66
- RONALD RAY HORNBROOKPetty Officer Third Class · November 16, 1965
- TOMMIE KEETONSpecialist Four · November 16, 1965
- BILLY MELTON KNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- REAVIS A MONTREY JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
From Baldwin Park
- MAARTEN DEGROOTLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- STEVEN WALDRONSeaman Apprentice · February 9, 1967
- JERRY ROBERT MILLERCorporal · April 7, 1967
- LEOPOLDO PEREA SERNASpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- OCIE DANIEL COOLEYPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- LARRY A DELA ROSA JRCorporal · February 25, 1968
- RICKY FAY ADAMSLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
- ROBERT RANDEL HUFFCorporal · May 29, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS DAVIDSpecialist Four · June 15, 1968
- STEVEN MORRIS HASTINGSStaff Sergeant · August 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.