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ROBERT LOWELL GREENSTREET
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 4, 1949 – May 26, 1971
Service recordRobert Lowell Greenstreet, of Cottonwood, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rough Terrain Forklift And Loader Operator (62M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Cottonwood, California (Shasta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 55
- MICHAEL DEAN RIDDLESergeant · May 25, 1971
- MELVIN ROBINSONSpecialist Four · May 25, 1971
- LEROY JAMES WESTRAWarrant Officer 1 · May 25, 1971
- STEVEN WAYNE HENDRICKSSpecialist Four · May 26, 1971
From Cottonwood
- SHERDIN JAY WATKINSPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- KIRK ALVIS MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · October 24, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE DUVALSpecialist Four · May 30, 1970
- ROBERT LEE DENMARKSpecialist Four · December 31, 1971
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.