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DREW MARLIN GREENMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 13, 1950 – July 4, 1969
Service recordDrew Marlin Greenman, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 59
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 13, 1950
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 59
- PATRICK MARTIN FALLONColonel · July 4, 1969
- AMBROSE GASSAWAYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1969
- JOHN WILLIE GLADNEYPrivate First Class · July 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED WILLIE HUBBARDSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 60
- DENNIS WILLIAM SYDORPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 63
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.