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JAMES WILLIAM GREENWOOD
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
May 9, 1937 – March 19, 1970
Service recordJames William Greenwood, of Pasadena, Texas, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 19, 1970, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 21
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 9, 1937
- Home of record
- Pasadena, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1970; three of them were lost in Darlac Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 21
- CARLOS ALBERT ESTRADA JRCaptain · March 19, 1970
- WILLIE HENDERSONSpecialist Four · March 19, 1970
- ROBERT AXEL JARDINE JRSpecialist Four · March 19, 1970
- FOSTER LOCKLEARSpecialist Four · March 19, 1970
From Pasadena
- ARDON WILLIAM CARTERSergeant · February 4, 1966
- GARY MONROE RADFORDPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GEORGE LUDWIG STOLLSpecialist Four · May 5, 1966
- WARREN PARKER SMITH JRLieutenant Colonel · June 22, 1966
- PAUL RUSSELL NICHOLAS JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- LEROY CASE HOTCHKISS IIIPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- MERLIN FRANCIS CALDWELLPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- JAMES HENRY SPARKSLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- FRANK BROWN WESTERFIELDSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1967
- FRANK CHARLES MCNELIS JRPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
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.