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UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967.
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967. Photo: PFC Franklin G. Nickerson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Vernon Andrew Green.

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VERNON ANDREW GREEN

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

July 30, 1950 – February 24, 1971

Service record

Vernon Andrew Green, of Muncy, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 4W · Line 2

Position of Panel 4W 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
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Radio Operator (05B)
Unit (as recorded)
1 AVN BDE
Born
July 30, 1950
Home of record
Muncy, Pennsylvania (Lycoming County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 24, 1971
Age
20
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1971; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 4W, Line 2

Same unit, same day

From Muncy

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.