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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Remi Hendricus Greeff.

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REMI HENDRICUS GREEFF

Captain · U.S. Air Force

April 21, 1939 – January 30, 1969

Service record

Remi Hendricus Greeff, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 30, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 33W · Line 22

Position of Panel 33W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Regular
Born
April 21, 1939
Home of record
Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 30, 1969
Age
29
Province
Gia Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

25 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 33W, Line 22

From Salt Lake City

All 123 names from Salt Lake City →

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.