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JOHN ARTHUR GREENFIELD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 7, 1947 – April 22, 1968
Service recordJohn Arthur Greenfield, of Hughesville, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 29
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Hughesville, Maryland (Charles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 29
- ALEXANDER CHISOLMLance Corporal · April 22, 1968
- WILLIAM CHOMYKFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1968
- DAVID LEO COOLEYCommander · April 22, 1968
- ROGER ALLAN DAINSSpecialist Five · April 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLARK EUGENE BARLOWStaff Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 27
- WILLIAM LEWIS CHIFOSStaff Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 28
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.