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JESSIE FLOYD GREENE JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 11, 1947 – October 28, 1967
Service recordJessie Floyd Greene JR, of Highland Park, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 92
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Highland Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 92
- NICK KOKALISSpecialist Four · October 28, 1967
- JOHNNY HANS LEBOFFSergeant First Class · October 28, 1967
- WILLIAM DAVID MIZESergeant · October 28, 1967
- CHARLES ALBERT MOYERSpecialist Four · October 28, 1967
- DONALD DALE MAKIPetty Officer Third Class · December 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- NELSON PAGE HENRYFirst Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 91
- ANTONIO MICHAEL MAVROUDISMajor · Panel 28E, Line 91
- ROBERT JAMEISON REGINALDCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 93
From Highland Park
- NELSON LLOYD HAYESSergeant · February 1, 1966
- ALBERT GEORGE HALLOWELLLieutenant · October 16, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT BURNETTLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- BENNY FRANK NIMOXCorporal · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS CLARKCorporal · September 13, 1968
- ARNOLD BRUCE WIMBERLYStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1968
- JERRY BAKERSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- THOMAS GARY HAGERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1970
- DAVID ALLIE SAIDESpecialist Four · November 16, 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.