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VIRGIL RAYMOND GREANY
Major · U.S. Army
November 26, 1930 – September 25, 1964
Service recordVirgil Raymond Greany, of Rugby, North Dakota, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 26, 1930
- Home of record
- Rugby, North Dakota (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1964
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1964. In September 1964, 12 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 64
- JOHN CLARENCE THOMASLieutenant Commander · September 8, 1964
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- KENNETH EARL WALKERCaptain · October 2, 1964
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
From Rugby
- DONALD JEAN SOBYPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- DAVID REED DEPRIESTSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
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.