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RICHARD HERSHEL GREEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 12, 1948 – November 17, 1969
Service recordRichard Hershel Green, of Flushing, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 88
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 88
- THOMAS LAWRENCE GRAVESPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- DANIEL LESTER HARTLance Corporal · November 17, 1969
- HAROLD JOSEPH JUNGASergeant · November 17, 1969
- THOMAS KEITH KAMPSergeant · November 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 86
- ALLEN HAYES CALDWELLSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 87
From Flushing
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
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.