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RICHARD EDWARD GREENE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 1, 1943 – June 22, 1967
Service recordRichard Edward Greene JR, of Newport, Rhode Island, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 22, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 40
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- June 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Newport, Rhode Island (Newport County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 40
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- BURRELL GIBSONSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- KENNETH LAWRENCE GREENEPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- RANDY ALTON HARRILLCorporal · June 22, 1967
From Newport
- JOSEPH RENE DUPEREStaff Sergeant · November 12, 1965
- BLANCHARD WARD COCHRANEStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT LLOYD MOSHERCaptain · May 26, 1967
- JOHN PAUL BRAGA JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JOSEPH TOMMY VANDEVENDERCorporal · June 2, 1968
- JEREMIAH JOHN SAULNIERPlatoon Sergeant · July 15, 1968
- ALFRED N POTTERSergeant · April 10, 1970
- JOHN GLOVERAirman First Class · April 8, 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.