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GEORGE R W K GREENWOOD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 4, 1940 – November 5, 1967
Service recordGeorge R W K Greenwood, of Oahu Island, Hawaii, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 4, 1940
- Home of record
- Oahu Island, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 24
- RALPH LEE FORDSergeant · November 5, 1967
- EMMITT ROOSEVELT GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- ROY PAINTER GILLESPIEStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1967
- WILLIE J HOLLANDStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1967
From Oahu Island
- EDWARD KIKAU KEAMaster Sergeant · July 10, 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.