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EDMOND JUNIOR GREER
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 20, 1945 – June 13, 1968
Service recordEdmond Junior Greer, of Jay, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Jay, Oklahoma (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 9
- JERRY ROGER FERGUSONSergeant · June 13, 1968
- CHARLES ARTHUR GAUDREAUPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- DONNIE ADELBERT GEERDESLance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- WILLIAM ARCHIE GRITTSCorporal · June 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY GENE EVANSSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 8
- NORMAN ELLIOTT LODHOLMPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 8
- JAMES LEWIS JENNINGSPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 10
- KENNETH OSCAR PALMERSergeant First Class · Panel 57W, Line 12
- CRAIG LEE SEIDELSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 13
- MILO HERSEY STRATTONSergeant · Panel 57W, Line 14
From Jay
- GERALD GOINSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- STEPHEN LEE MARTINOCorporal · August 19, 1969
- EDWARD DENZEL BURNETTSergeant · May 10, 1972
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.