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DONALD HENRY GREINER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 7, 1947 – November 14, 1968
Service recordDonald Henry Greiner, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 64
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1968; six of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 64
- JEFFREY LYNN BUCHANANPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- WILLIAM EUGENE CARLSONCorporal · November 14, 1968
- LESTER RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- FRANK L DOMINGUEZSpecialist Four · November 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK L DOMINGUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 64
- RICKY LYNN CORNELLSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 66
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 1966
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.