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An airman lights a candle during POW/MIA recognition week at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.
An airman lights a candle during POW/MIA recognition week at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Photo: A1C Aaron Jenne, U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Thomas Frederick Green.

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THOMAS FREDERICK GREEN

Private First Class · U.S. Army

September 10, 1952 – October 26, 1971

Service record

Thomas Frederick Green, of Ramona, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1971, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 2W · Line 51

Position of Panel 2W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Regular
Occupation
Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
Unit (as recorded)
1 AVN BDE
Born
September 10, 1952
Home of record
Ramona, California (San Diego County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 26, 1971
Age
19
Province
Offshore
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew
Remains
Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record

Context · from the records

What was happening

12 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1971. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.

His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.

Also on Panel 2W, Line 51

Same unit, same day

From Ramona

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.