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GEORGE RICHARD GREEN JR
Private · U.S. Army
July 25, 1945 – May 5, 1969
Service recordGeorge Richard Green JR, of North Babylon, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 5
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 20 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- July 25, 1945
- Home of record
- North Babylon, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 5
- WILLIE JAMES FRAZIERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1969
- LEROY JAMES GENTRYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1969
- HERMAN LEE GRAYSONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1969
- KEITH TAIT HAMMONDSergeant · May 5, 1969
From North Babylon
- WAYNE LEE MIDDLETONPrivate First Class · April 15, 1967
- HENRY YORKCorporal · February 8, 1968
- VINCENT ANTHONY DATENASpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- PETER NELSON BALDWINSergeant · March 28, 1968
- PHILLIP ROGERSSpecialist Five · June 25, 1968
- LUIS ROLA MERCADO-COLLADOSpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
- GARY JOHN WINKLERSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- BERNARDINO FRANCIS GENCHIWarrant Officer 1 · July 22, 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.