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JULIUS GREATHOUSE JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 2, 1942 – December 17, 1966
Service recordJulius Greathouse JR, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 52
- ROBERT GAYLE DAVISONSergeant · December 17, 1966
- ANTONIO GARCIASergeant · December 17, 1966
- JESSIE YUTZE GOMEZSergeant · December 17, 1966
- JOHN ELIA HORNPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CEASAR BRYANTSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 49
- RICHARD LEE CAROTHERSPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 49
- HOWARD CHISHOLMSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 50
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 50
- CHESTER GARVIS COXFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 50
- JACK JOE DEATONCorporal · Panel 13E, Line 50
- EDDIE DEAN HOLLANDSWORTHPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 50
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 51
- WILLIE LEE EARNESTPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 51
- DENNIS KEITH ERDOSSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 51
- ELLIS CASIANO ESPINOSASergeant First Class · Panel 13E, Line 51
- TIMOTHY DAVID EWINGPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 51
- ANTONIO GARCIASergeant · Panel 13E, Line 52
- JESSIE YUTZE GOMEZSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 52
- JOHN ELIA HORNPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 52
- ARNOLD MELVIN HULLPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 53
- RONALD JOE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 53
- ALTON RAY KENNEDYCorporal · Panel 13E, Line 53
- DONALD J LEEMHUISPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 54
- JOE LEE LEMONSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 54
- ANGEL RAFAEL LUNAPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 54
- CHARLES HENRY MCCLENNAHANPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 54
- HENRY J NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 54
- RAYMOND DENNIS OLZAKPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 55
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 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.