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MICHEL JACK GRECO
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 11, 1943 – September 9, 1969
Service recordMichel Jack Greco, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 61
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 61
- DONNIE JOE CLOUGHPrivate First Class · September 9, 1969
- TERRY LEE DENNEYWarrant Officer 1 · September 9, 1969
- DELBERT DOUGLASPrivate First Class · September 9, 1969
- DAVID DUANE ELSBERNDCorporal · September 9, 1969
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.