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RICHARD HAYWARD GREENE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 14, 1935 – October 22, 1969
Service recordRichard Hayward Greene, of New York, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 105
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1935
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1969. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 105
- DONALD ROGER DESMARAISStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1969
- PAUL ARNOLD HUGHESSpecialist Five · October 22, 1969
- KENNETH ARTHUR KUBIKSecond Lieutenant · October 22, 1969
- SHELBY MARCENE LONGSpecialist Four · October 22, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.