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RAYMOND MILLER GREENE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 1, 1946 – April 5, 1970
Service recordRaymond Miller Greene, of Gulfport, Mississippi, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Gulfport, Mississippi (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 97
- EUGENE PAUL GEEStaff Sergeant · April 5, 1970
- RAYMOND CHARLES GRAVER JRSpecialist Four · April 5, 1970
- OLAN JOSEPH HOWECaptain · April 5, 1970
- CALVIN JEROME LAYTONCorporal · April 5, 1970
From Gulfport
- HOWARD RUDOLPH CODYCaptain · November 24, 1963
- MELVIN TYRONE HUNTERSpecialist Four · January 22, 1967
- RICHARD TERRY SMITHSeaman · July 29, 1967
- CLARENCE EARL DRAKESCorporal · September 4, 1967
- SAMUEL M DAVISSpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES EDWARDSLance Corporal · October 15, 1967
- WILLIAM GILBERT WILKINSONChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 16, 1967
- JOE LOUIS JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- TAYLOR W FOREMAN JRStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1968
- TERRY NEIL THOMPSONFireman · April 29, 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.