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ROGER WILLIAM GREETAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 28, 1947 – July 18, 1967
Service recordRoger William Greetan, of Oconto Falls, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 86
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
- January 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Oconto Falls, Wisconsin (Oconto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1967; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 86
- PABLO RENE GONZALEZLance Corporal · July 18, 1967
- RICHARD DANNER HARTMANCommander · July 18, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD HELLYERPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- JEROME JOHNSONSpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 84
- ROBERT LEVETT GENTRYPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 85
- RICHARD ALLEN GIOVANACCISpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 85
- JEROME JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 86
- DAN CLIFTON STARNS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 89
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.