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JOHN GREEN JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 1945 – May 24, 1966
Service recordJohn Green JR, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 107
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 107
- THOMAS RICHARD ANNISAirman First Class · May 19, 1966
- JIMMY CARLTON BETHEASergeant · May 24, 1966
- MAURICE ALOYSIUS CASEYSergeant First Class · May 24, 1966
- PAUL LEWIN CONRADPrivate First Class · May 24, 1966
- WILLARD DAVID KEERANSergeant · May 24, 1966
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 1967
- GERALD DUNNLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
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.