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FREDERICK DAVID GREENE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 1, 1948 – July 21, 1970
Service recordFrederick David Greene, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 37
- LEON DUGAN WITHERSPOONPetty Officer Third Class · July 20, 1970
- FRANK LOUIS ASHERCorporal · July 21, 1970
- ROBERTO C FLORESSergeant · July 21, 1970
- ROBERT BRADFORD HAYSCorporal · July 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANK LOUIS ASHERCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 37
- ROBERTO C FLORESSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 37
- ROBERT BRADFORD HAYSCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 37
- PETER PAUL HUKCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 38
- DAVID EARL JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 38
- JAMES ROBERT KALSUFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 38
- BRENT ROBIN LAWSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 38
- FRANCIS EDWARD MAUNECorporal · Panel 8W, Line 39
- RONALD JAMES SCHULTZSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 39
- DONALD RENAY WORKMANCaptain · Panel 8W, Line 39
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.