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DONALD JOSEPH GREENE
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 30, 1947 – July 29, 1968
Service recordDonald Joseph Greene, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Dorchester, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 30
- JOHN VINCENT GRESSELFirst Lieutenant · July 29, 1968
- BILLY GLEN INSALLSpecialist Four · July 29, 1968
- SOLOMON LEARYCorporal · July 29, 1968
- PHILIP MARASCOPrivate First Class · July 29, 1968
- JEFFREY LEA MARTINSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY EDWARD AUXIERStaff Sergeant · Panel 50W, Line 29
- BILLY GLEN INSALLSpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 30
- LUTHER MANLEY SEXTON JRSpecialist Six · Panel 50W, Line 32
From Dorchester
- JACK RABINOVITZCorporal · February 23, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH KELLY JRSergeant · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL DAVID BURTPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KANEPrivate · September 21, 1966
- JOSEPH ROBERT WALLENLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- MARK MICHAEL MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- WAVERIE HUGH BUCHANANLance Corporal · March 17, 1967
- FREDERICK ALFRED MCMAHONCorporal · May 4, 1967
- GERALD FRANCIS MCDONALDCorporal · May 26, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK COLLOPYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
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.