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GUY EMERY GREENFIELD
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 22, 1942 – January 31, 1968
Service recordGuy Emery Greenfield, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
He died in Long An Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 11
- CHARLES LESTER GREGORYLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- HERBERT LEE GREGORY IIICorporal · January 31, 1968
- MICHAEL A GRIEVESergeant · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL MONROE AMOSSSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 85
- HARRY LEON ECTONPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 7
- ERNEST ELWOOD FREUND JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 9
- OWEN NIEL GARNETCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 9
- ROBERT MICHAEL HENDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 14
- ROBERT ANDREW HUIECorporal · Panel 36E, Line 17
- CHARLES AUGUST KRONBERGSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 20
- JUAN BAUT MORALES-MERCADOPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 26
- JIMMIE PATTENSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 29
- BENJAMIN FREDERICK PITTSCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 30
- ROBERT WILLIAM SCHULTZStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 34
- JOHNIE B THOMASSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 39
- JAMES MICHAEL VIELBAUMPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 40
- LUCION PERRY WELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 42
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.