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JEREMIAH GREEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 25, 1947 – June 20, 1968
Service recordJeremiah Green, of Auburndale, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 5
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Auburndale, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 5
- RANDOLPH WRIGHT FORDCommander · June 11, 1968
- ERNEST LEE ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · June 20, 1968
- HAROLD FRANCIS GENTILECorporal · June 20, 1968
- MICHAEL GIGLIOTTIPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARD HARRISONCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 6
- WILLIAM DAVID HEADRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 6
- WILLIAM ROY LAPLANTE IIISpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 10
From Auburndale
- DENNIS LACO MORGANPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- TERRY WELCHPrivate First Class · April 12, 1967
- MIGUEL RAMOS GARCIACorporal · March 5, 1970
- TOMMY HUBERT IVEYSpecialist Four · January 20, 1971
- WILLIAM DARRELL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · November 28, 1971
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.