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GERALD GREEN
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
July 9, 1939 – September 12, 1965
Service recordGerald Green, of Ft Morgan, Colorado, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 12, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 81
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 191 USS BON HOMME RICHARD CVA 31
- Born
- July 9, 1939
- Home of record
- Ft Morgan, Colorado (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2E, Line 81
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JOSEPH EUGENE MUIRLieutenant Colonel · September 11, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
From Ft Morgan
- DAN EDISON WARNERLance Corporal · October 8, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL MIDCAPPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- JERRY ALAN WEIMERLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
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.