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JIMMY LEON GREEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 27, 1946 – January 20, 1969
Service recordJimmy Leon Green, of Dumas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 41
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Dumas, Texas (Moore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 41
- JAMES FRANKLIN BOYCEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1969
- THOMAS ALLEN FOREMANCorporal · January 20, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN FUNKSergeant · January 20, 1969
- ENCARNACION ALEGRE SUAREZCorporal · January 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALEXANDER KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 42
From Dumas
- JERRY DON BASDENSpecialist Four · November 5, 1965
- LARRY PRESTON THURMANSergeant · November 17, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE SWEETSergeant · September 14, 1969
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.