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NEIL NORMAN GREINKE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
August 30, 1945 – September 11, 1969
Service recordNeil Norman Greinke, of Franklin, Wisconsin, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 11, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 69
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- August 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Franklin, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 69
- JOSEPH LOUIS GOLC JRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
- ROGER DANNY HELWIGCaptain · September 11, 1969
- LARRY DOUGLAS LEDBETTERLance Corporal · September 11, 1969
- DANNY RAY METZSecond Lieutenant · September 11, 1969
From Franklin
- JOHN DOUGLAS FITZPATRICKPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS KLOCPrivate · May 10, 1967
- DENNIS LLOYD ANTOINECorporal · July 21, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS SULLIVANCorporal · August 18, 1968
- GREGORY JON OLSENCorporal · May 25, 1969
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.