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ERIC JOSEPH GRECO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 13, 1948 – May 14, 1969
Service recordEric Joseph Greco, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 4
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- April 13, 1948
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 4
- WILLIAM DANIELS JRCorporal · May 14, 1969
- RAYMOND WARREN DEMEOLASergeant · May 14, 1969
- WILLARD J DUFRESNE JRStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1969
- JOSEPH WARREN FREEMAN JRSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.