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JERRY LANE GREENE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 26, 1949 – November 26, 1969
Service recordJerry Lane Greene, of Marion, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 125
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Construction Equipment Operator (62J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 84 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- August 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Marion, North Carolina (Mcdowell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 125
- THOMAS LEE ROY DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN MERRILLLance Corporal · November 26, 1969
- LEROY NESMITHPrivate First Class · November 26, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD PLATESpecialist Five · November 26, 1969
From Marion
- JOHN EDWARD MCMAHANPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- GETER ALFRED HENSLEYPetty Officer Second Class · November 12, 1967
- JERRY WILLIAM GILLIANDSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL POTEATStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1968
- DWIGHT EDGAR MOONEYSergeant · August 8, 1968
- BILL FRED WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
- JAMES ALEX JENKINSCorporal · May 20, 1969
- MICHAEL DEAN WEBBPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- HAROLD DEAN HOLLIFIELDCorporal · August 14, 1970
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.