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UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967.
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967. Photo: PFC Franklin G. Nickerson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Michael Frank Green.

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MICHAEL FRANK GREEN

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

January 23, 1947 – March 10, 1968

Service record

Michael Frank Green, of Pocatello, Idaho, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 44E · Line 7

Position of Panel 44E 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. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
Unit (as recorded)
61 AHC 1 AVN BDE
Born
January 23, 1947
Home of record
Pocatello, Idaho (Bannock County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 10, 1968
Age
21
Province
Khanh Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

46 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1968; four of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 44E, Line 7

From Pocatello

All 15 names from Pocatello →

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.