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STEVEN LYNN GREEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 4, 1950 – January 2, 1970
Service recordSteven Lynn Green, of Albert Lea, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 119
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Albert Lea, Minnesota (Freeborn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1970; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 119
- RAUL GARCIA JRCorporal · January 2, 1970
- WILLIE JAMES HAYESStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1970
- ROGER WENDELL KVERNESLieutenant Colonel · January 2, 1970
- RONNIE GEORGE LINDSTROMCaptain · January 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TANNER MARTIN BROWN JRCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 117
- JOSEPH MICHAEL DANGELICOSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 117
- FRANK MELVIN DUNSMORE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 118
- RAUL GARCIA JRCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 119
- DALLAS RAY SNODGRASSCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 120
- ROBERT CARROL WRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 121
From Albert Lea
- RICHARD DUANE ODAFFERHospitalman · February 19, 1968
- BARRY ALLEN OLSONSergeant First Class · September 26, 1968
- ROGER CARL BANGERTCorporal · January 22, 1969
- BILLY DEAN WEITZELSpecialist Four · September 4, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD BARNICKSpecialist Four · October 28, 1969
- JAMES LESLIE NELSONSpecialist Four · November 8, 1969
- BYRON ALLEN BANGERTCorporal · March 2, 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.