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JON ALFRED GREENLEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
January 30, 1942 – January 7, 1966
Service recordJon Alfred Greenley, of Fargo, North Dakota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 7, 1966, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 56
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 774 TAC ALFT SQ
- Born
- January 30, 1942
- Home of record
- Fargo, North Dakota (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1966; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “774 TAC ALFT SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 56
- DAVID VERN BILLINGSLance Corporal · January 7, 1966
- RICHARD JOSEPH CALLANANCaptain · January 7, 1966
- LEE CHRIS DIXONCaptain · January 7, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH HORNYAKLance Corporal · January 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JOSEPH CALLANANCaptain · Panel 4E, Line 56
From Fargo
- GERALD LEE LARSONSpecialist Five · February 5, 1967
- PAUL HARVEY WOLOSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN EICHELBERGERLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- MURRAY DEAN VIDLERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- RONALD DALE BONDMajor · March 11, 1968
- DAVID JON NESSETFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES GAFFANEY JRCorporal · July 13, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN BEYERMajor · July 30, 1968
- WENDELL RICHARD KELLERColonel · March 1, 1969
- DAVID ARLEN WALDERACaptain · April 2, 1969
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.