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EUGENE GREEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 24, 1947 – May 16, 1968
Service recordEugene Green, of Swainsboro, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 10
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Swainsboro, Georgia (Emanuel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 10
- JAMES DAVID GROSSLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- LEON HENRY HAHN JRSergeant · May 16, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE HAMILTONCorporal · May 16, 1968
- JACK HENDERSON JRPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL H CHATFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 7
- GARY LEE LANTZSergeant · Panel 61E, Line 13
- HOMER LANDUS MEDLEYPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 61E, Line 13
From Swainsboro
- RONALD BRUCE PRICESergeant · March 16, 1967
- ALBERT ROYCE DISMUKEFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1968
- ALBERT LEONARD RICKERSONSergeant · September 5, 1968
- JOE ALTON WADLEYSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
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.