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GERALD THOMAS GREENO JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 24, 1948 – October 29, 1969
Service recordGerald Thomas Greeno JR, of Billings, Montana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1969, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Billings, Montana (Yellowstone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1969; two of them were lost in An Xugen Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 1
- EZEQUIEL TORRES JRPrivate First Class · October 28, 1969
- BRUCE ALLEN UGELSTADSpecialist Four · October 28, 1969
- JOHN PAUL WRIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · October 28, 1969
- CARMEN DECUBELLIS JRFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CONRAD JACK WHEELERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 5
From Billings
- KENNETH LEE DERHEIMStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1965
- DOUGLAS DUANE KERNSergeant · November 16, 1966
- FRANK GARCIA JRCorporal · August 4, 1967
- JAMES LYNN BURNSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- GREGORY ALLEN GIFFORDPetty Officer Third Class · February 8, 1968
- RALPH LEROY WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES GOODHUE BOYERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID PADILLALance Corporal · April 20, 1968
- LARRY JAMES BURKHARDTPrivate First Class · May 27, 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.