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GARY JAMES GREINER
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 7, 1949 – May 13, 1969
Service recordGary James Greiner, of Polson, Montana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 100
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Polson, Montana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 100
- PAUL VENON GOODWINCorporal · May 13, 1969
- PAUL EDWARD GOONAN JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- ERNEST LEE GORDONCorporal · May 13, 1969
- ASA PARKER GRAY JRColonel · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES JULIUS JULIAN JRSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 102
- RANDY K BRONSONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 104
- PHILIP GWYN NICHOLSSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 108
From Polson
- RICHARD EARL WESTFALLPrivate First Class · December 17, 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.