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RICHARD GREEN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 9, 1942 – September 15, 1968
Service recordRichard Green JR, of Rochester, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 63
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 63
- DAVID ALLEN FORSYTHESpecialist Four · September 15, 1968
- DOUGLAS GENE FOSTERCorporal · September 15, 1968
- ROBERT L FOSTERSergeant · September 15, 1968
- WILLIAM AUSTIN FREYSpecialist Four · September 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM AUSTIN FREYSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 63
- VERN ALLEN HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 64
- ROBERT HENRY STAHLPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 67
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
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.