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THOMAS ANDREW GREISEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 27, 1949 – June 4, 1969
Service recordThomas Andrew Greisen, of Madison, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 64
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- February 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Madison, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 64
- ROY PHILLIP GARGUSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- BENJAMIN HARRISSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- GERALD RAY HILLStaff Sergeant · June 4, 1969
- JAMES HARRISON HOPKINSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANCO ANTONIO DITULLIOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 63
- WILLIAM C BURGESS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 65
- DAVID BORNE PLATTSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 67
- DAVID RANDLE PORTERPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 67
- DONALD F VANCOOK JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 68
From Madison
- ROSCOE AMMERMANStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1965
- JEAN PIERRE DOWLINGLance Corporal · January 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BANOVEZ JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- WILLY VASCILLE QUASTStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- THOMAS ERWIN MATUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN THOMAMajor · January 12, 1967
- LEONARD DEAN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- GORDON WAYNE STOFLETLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- VERNON GENE STICHSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- MARK WILLARD NEUMANNSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
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.