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JAMES ETHERIDGE GREENE JR
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
December 28, 1942 – May 11, 1969
Service recordJames Etheridge Greene JR, of Auburn, Alabama, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 11, 1969, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 48
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 (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1100)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- December 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Auburn, Alabama (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 48
- MARTIN L GREEN JRCaptain · May 11, 1969
- EDWARD WILSON GRIFFITHCaptain · May 11, 1969
- ARTURO B GUTIERREZLance Corporal · May 11, 1969
- HEINRICH RUHLMANNSpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
From Auburn
- DONALD CARTHEL ESTESChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 24, 1966
- ROBERT WALKER HUBBARDCaptain · February 4, 1968
- GEORGE THOMAS SARGENT JRLieutenant Colonel · March 21, 1969
- JAMES CALVIN WILLIAMSONFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 1972
- JOHNNY MACK JONESFirst Lieutenant · April 24, 1972
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.