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WILLIAM HERSCHELL GREEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 10, 1948 – June 8, 1969
Service recordWilliam Herschell Green, of Corning, Arkansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 8, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 110
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Corning, Arkansas (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 110
- JERRY LYNN ERVINPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- GLENN RAY FLEITMANStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1969
- MICHAEL WADE HAGIEPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- CARL WILLIAM HUDGINS JRPetty Officer Second Class · June 8, 1969
From Corning
- CARLOS WADE CONRADPrivate · June 29, 1966
- EDEWIN CLEO HARMONCorporal · February 16, 1970
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.