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JOHN EDWARD GREENE
Captain · U.S. Army
September 4, 1943 – March 13, 1972
Service recordJohn Edward Greene, of Albany, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1972, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 114
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Albany, Georgia (Dougherty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1972
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1972; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 114
- RAYMOND F ANTHONY JRLieutenant Colonel · March 8, 1972
- BRUCE DALE JONESSergeant · March 9, 1972
- ARTHUR HANS HARDYCaptain · March 14, 1972
- GAVIN WILLIAM PILTONMajor · March 15, 1972
From Albany
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- BENJAMIN GEORGE SPEARSSergeant · March 7, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BARNESPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DORSEYSergeant · August 16, 1966
- JOSEPH HUBERT GOINGS JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- DONNIE COLEMANSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- MARVIN ROYCE DAVISSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
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.