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WILBUR GREENE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 16, 1933 – April 9, 1971
Service recordWilbur Greene, of Early Branch, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 16, 1933
- Home of record
- Early Branch, South Carolina (Hampton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1971
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 114
- JAMES HENRY ABRAMStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1971
- WILLIAM RENARD FURRSergeant First Class · April 9, 1971
- CARROLL BAXTER LILLYLieutenant Colonel · April 9, 1971
- NEWELL F APPLEGATE SRSergeant Major · April 10, 1971
From Early Branch
- CLARK LEE VERN WILLIAMSCorporal · June 11, 1969
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.