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IVAN IVORY GREEN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
April 26, 1935 – April 8, 1969
Service recordIvan Ivory Green, of Coulterville, Illinois, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 38
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Food Service Technician (941A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- April 26, 1935
- Home of record
- Coulterville, Illinois (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 38
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GIUNTACorporal · April 8, 1969
- RAYMOND ANTHONY GRAYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
- ISMAEL FERNANDO HORNELASCorporal · April 8, 1969
- EDWARD MICHAEL KACHMANSpecialist Four · April 8, 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.