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PHILLIP WILLIAM GREEN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 21, 1946 – June 13, 1970
Service recordPhillip William Green JR, of Tryon, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 50
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Tryon, North Carolina (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 50
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GROSSSergeant · June 13, 1970
- DENNIS EDWARD HEITNERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1970
- LEWIS EUGENE HUGHES IILance Corporal · June 13, 1970
- JAMES DOUGLAS RUMMELSergeant · June 13, 1970
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.