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ERNEST GREEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 23, 1946 – December 13, 1966
Service recordErnest Green, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 40
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 40
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- ANTHONY CHRISTOPHER SCIVOLINOSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- JAMES RAY VANCEDARFIELDSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- ERIC WILLIAM EVANSCorporal · December 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM F PRIDDYStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 41
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.