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ROBERT LEE GREER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 28, 1944 – June 7, 1964
Service recordRobert Lee Greer, of Pleasant Hill, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on June 7, 1964, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 54
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- April 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Pleasant Hill, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 7, 1964
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1964; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1964, 18 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 54
- FRED THOMAS SCHRECKENGOSTStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1964
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
From Pleasant Hill
- BARNEY EVANS BOYERCorporal · September 9, 1965
- GARY CHARLES ALLENPrivate · March 4, 1966
- JAMES CALVIN RILEYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- STEPHEN DONALD BARTELSCorporal · November 9, 1967
- GREGORY ELLIS COXSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- PAUL PHILLIP SONSTEINSpecialist Four · February 21, 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.