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GEOFFREY EMMONS GREEN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 10, 1940 – September 8, 1965
Service recordGeoffrey Emmons Green, of East Lansing, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 8, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 78
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- July 10, 1940
- Home of record
- East Lansing, Michigan (Ingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 78
- CHARLES BERNARD GOODWINLieutenant Commander · September 8, 1965
- ROBERT DAVID RUDOLPHLieutenant (junior grade) · September 8, 1965
- BARNEY EVANS BOYERCorporal · September 9, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
From East Lansing
- JAMES PHILLIP LACLEARPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CANTLON JRPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- DOUGLAS J MILLERSergeant · December 10, 1966
- VERNON CHARLES WILDERSPINSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- CRAIG GEOFFREY KNOBLOCHPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- NORMAN ALAN FREDASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1969
- ASA PARKER GRAY JRColonel · May 13, 1969
- LEO FRANCIS HARTSUFFSergeant · September 7, 1969
- THEODORE RICHARD LEIGHTONFirst Lieutenant · January 27, 1970
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.