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KENNETH LEON GREEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 14, 1946 – September 29, 1967
Service recordKenneth Leon Green, of Roosevelt, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Roosevelt, Arizona (Gila County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 28
- JAMES BENJAMIN FIELDSSergeant First Class · September 29, 1967
- DAVID ANTHONY GENTRYCorporal · September 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- RICHARD KENEFICK HARVELLLance Corporal · September 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CULLEN BARKSDALE JRSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 27
- EDWARD CHARLES BECKSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 27
- WILLIE FARMER JRSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 27
- JAMES BENJAMIN FIELDSSergeant First Class · Panel 27E, Line 28
- DAVID ANTHONY GENTRYCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 28
- WILLIAM EUGENE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 28
- CRAIG ALLAN MCDANIELStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 30
- CLYDE VERNON MOOREFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 30
- GEORGE EDWARD OVERSHINECorporal · Panel 27E, Line 30
- CLARENCE RIVERSPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 31
- ROBERT JEREMIAH SMITHCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 32
- GEORGE HENRY ULRICHCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 32
- WILLIAM EARL WILSONSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 33
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.