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RICHARD ALBERT GREEN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 15, 1948 – December 3, 1971
Service recordRichard Albert Green, of Manchester, Vermont, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 83
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Manchester, Vermont (Bennington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1971; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 83
- KENNETH RICHARD PERRYSergeant · December 2, 1971
- WILLIAM THOMAS WARREN JRSergeant · December 2, 1971
- SCHYLER WATTSStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1971
- CHARLES PIERCE RUSSELLCaptain · December 3, 1971
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.