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ROBERT CARRELL GREEN
Captain · U.S. Army
October 10, 1943 – March 17, 1971
Service recordRobert Carrell Green, of Donnelly, Idaho, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1971, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 55
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Donnelly, Idaho (Valley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1971; two of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 55
- HARRY CARLTON KINGSpecialist Four · March 17, 1971
- LAWRENCE EUGENE LILLYFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 1971
- WILLIAM GEORGE NEWBOULDPrivate First Class · March 17, 1971
- STEPHEN RUSSELL SCRIVENERFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE BAUMANChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 4W, Line 54
- MICHAEL JOSEPH S DEPAULChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 4W, Line 54
- CRAIG MITCHELL DIXStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 54
- BOBBY GLENN HARRISStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 56
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.