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JOHN WAYNE GREENE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 15, 1947 – July 4, 1968
Service recordJohn Wayne Greene, of Crossett, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 10
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
- June 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Crossett, Arkansas (Ashley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 10
- DANIEL NORBERT GLOWACKIFirst Lieutenant · July 4, 1968
- STEVEN FRANCIS HARPERSpecialist Five · July 4, 1968
- MILO STEVEN HOMSTADPetty Officer Third Class · July 4, 1968
- PAUL LASZLO KAPPLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
From Crossett
- CHARLES EDWARD BOSTONSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- WILLIE VANN GOREESpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- PAUL ALVIN HARRISONCorporal · May 2, 1968
- HAMPTON A ETHERIDGE IIICaptain · July 15, 1969
- ROY TOM TABLERCaptain · December 27, 1972
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.