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EDDIE GREEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 23, 1945 – June 6, 1966
Service recordEddie Green, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 14
- THOMAS J FALLON JRSpecialist Five · June 6, 1966
- MAXIMO PAULITE FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · June 6, 1966
- VARL ESTON FULFORDPlatoon Sergeant · June 6, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GALBRAITHSpecialist Four · June 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN WAYNE SMITHSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 13
- VARL ESTON FULFORDPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 14
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GALBRAITHSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 14
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 15
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 15
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.