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JOSEPH GALES GREENLEAF
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
October 6, 1944 – April 14, 1972
Service recordJoseph Gales Greenleaf, of West Newton, Massachusetts, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 14, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 136 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 136
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 114
- Born
- October 6, 1944
- Home of record
- West Newton, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1972
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1972; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
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 2W, Line 136
- DAVID LEVERETT LEETCaptain · April 13, 1972
- RONALD AVERY MALLSpecialist Four · April 13, 1972
- MITCHEL ANTHONY DOWDYSergeant · April 14, 1972
- CLEMIE MCKINNEYLieutenant Commander · April 14, 1972
From West Newton
- WALTER JAMES ONEILChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 4, 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.