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JOHN MARVIN GREENE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 31, 1948 – March 24, 1969
Service recordJohn Marvin Greene, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1969, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 26
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 28W, Line 26
- DAVID STANLEY HARRISSergeant · March 24, 1969
- ROBERT ANDREW HOLAN JRFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1969
- JAMES KENNETH JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 24, 1969
- ALLEN ROBERT MILLERSergeant · March 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM MAUD BRYANTSergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 24
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 1966
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.