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MATTHEW ERNEST GREER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 7, 1946 – May 5, 1968
Service recordMatthew Ernest Greer, of East Palatka, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 7, 1946
- Home of record
- East Palatka, Florida (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 14
- HERMAN GLENDALE GOODALLStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- RICHARD AL GREENPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- GARY ARNALDO GUASPSecond Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- CARLYLE GUENTHERStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1968
From East Palatka
- JAMES HOWARD TOMLINSON SRPlatoon Sergeant · October 30, 1967
- WILLIE KNOWLES JRLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
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.