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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Lee Attilio Greco.

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LEE ATTILIO GRECO

Major · U.S. Air Force

November 10, 1933 – December 6, 1966

Service record

Lee Attilio Greco, of Gilroy, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 6, 1966, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 13E · Line 15

Position of Panel 13E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Major (MAJ)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Born
November 10, 1933
Home of record
Gilroy, California (Santa Clara County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 6, 1966
Age
33
Province
Ninh Thuan
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

12 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1966; two of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 13E, Line 15

From Gilroy

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.