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MELVIN RICKEY GREEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 28, 1948 – November 29, 1968
Service recordMelvin Rickey Green, of New Paris, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1948
- Home of record
- New Paris, Ohio (Preble County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1968; seven of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 6
- ERVIN ELLIS HARRISSpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- BILLY EUGENE HUGHES IISergeant · November 29, 1968
- ALFRED FRAZIER MCCANTSGunnery Sergeant · November 29, 1968
- JESUS QUINENE MENOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ERVIN ELLIS HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 6
- BILLY EUGENE HUGHES IISergeant · Panel 37W, Line 6
- JESUS QUINENE MENOPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 6
- JOHN SHELBY POOLERSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 7
- TED JAMES RULEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 7
- WILLIAM MILLER VITALEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 8
- JOHN RAY WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 9
From New Paris
- JAMES MARION KLINKSpecialist Four · November 3, 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.