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MONROE GREER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 4, 1948 – November 14, 1968
Service recordMonroe Greer, of Waco, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 66
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- May 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Waco, Texas (Mclennan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 66
- RICKY LYNN CORNELLSpecialist Four · November 14, 1968
- RANDOLPH EDWARD HATTONPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- GABRIEL HERRADALance Corporal · November 14, 1968
- JERRY DWAIN HILLCorporal · November 14, 1968
From Waco
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- TERRANCE DEAN ADAMSCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- ANTONIO JIMENEZSergeant · March 5, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 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.