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GARRY GEORGE GREEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 27, 1947 – September 20, 1968
Service recordGarry George Green, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 46
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Colorado Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 46
- WILLIAM DANIEL EALYPrivate First Class · September 20, 1968
- ROGER WAYNE GRUBBSSeaman · September 20, 1968
- JOHN CURTIS HARPERPrivate First Class · September 20, 1968
- FELIPE HERRERALance Corporal · September 20, 1968
From Colorado Springs
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLIE FRAZIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- JAMES OLEN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · February 6, 1967
- BENITO ALANIZSergeant · March 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES IVESCorporal · April 30, 1967
- PAUL FREDERICK KIECKERLieutenant Colonel · June 17, 1967
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.