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RODNEY R GREEN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 3, 1947 – February 18, 1969
Service recordRodney R Green, of Rapid City, South Dakota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · 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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Rapid City, South Dakota (Pennington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 54
- IRWIN LEON EDELMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- CLIO C FEATHERSTON JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- NATHANIEL LERVERN JOHNSONLance Corporal · February 18, 1969
- RONALD MICHAEL NOWAKPrivate First Class · February 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR LEROY BROWN SRSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 52
- RONALD LEE RAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 56
From Rapid City
- STANLEY GEORGE SPRAGUEMajor · September 12, 1966
- DENNIS LEE HOLMFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1967
- EVART EUGENE ROBESONMajor · November 25, 1967
- NORMAN EDWARD EIDSMOECaptain · January 26, 1968
- DAVID WARREN CUTSHALLLance Corporal · March 8, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE MILLSLance Corporal · April 12, 1968
- PERCY BETTELYOUN JRCorporal · May 28, 1968
- STEPHEN GREGORY BOYERSergeant · June 1, 1968
- HARLENE EUGENE MILLETTESergeant Major · July 15, 1968
- BRENDON JAY BERRIGANSergeant · July 25, 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.