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JAMES DAVID GREEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 12, 1948 – December 29, 1966
Service recordJames David Green, of Texarkana, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Texarkana, Arkansas (Miller County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 97
- ALEJANDRO GARCIA JRSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- DAVID RAY GATTONPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- TERRY DALE GEMASPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- TERRY SIDNEY GUNNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT JAMES GABRIELPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 95
- ALEJANDRO GARCIA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 97
From Texarkana
- THOMAS ALFRED TURNAGESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- SHELTON LEE EAKINSecond Lieutenant · July 27, 1966
- EARNEST L HENDRIXSergeant · July 30, 1967
- NOEL WAYNE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- EMMIT CHARLES DANSBYLance Corporal · May 12, 1968
- ARTHUR TRAVIS TURNERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- EDWARD LEON SANDERSLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- BARRY WADE GRAFSergeant · March 21, 1969
- ODELL DANIEL BEASLEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- LARRY GAY POOLSpecialist Four · 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.