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WILLIAM LEONARD GREENWELL
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 29, 1941 – February 16, 1968
Service recordWilliam Leonard Greenwell, of Johnson City, Tennessee, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1941
- Home of record
- Johnson City, Tennessee (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 60
- RICHARD LEE BOSWORTHSpecialist Four · February 16, 1968
- HAROLD PAUL GRAYSpecialist Four · February 16, 1968
- BARRY N GRIGSBYPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- STANLEY COLVILLE GROVEPrivate · February 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BENNIE EUGENE MCCORKLESpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 64
- JOHN KENNETH RIPELPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 65
- PEARLY JUNIOR THOMASStaff Sergeant · Panel 39E, Line 67
From Johnson City
- ALVIN KLASON BROYLES JRCaptain · April 28, 1965
- EUGENE DELANO FRANKLINCaptain · June 24, 1965
- DANNY MAX ERWINSpecialist Four · January 13, 1966
- HAROLD WENDELL WILSONLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- BILLY JOE NAVEMajor · June 27, 1966
- HOMER LEFTERAGE PEASEMajor · November 19, 1966
- GARY ALLEN CURTISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- HARRY RAY STEWARTFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1967
- GORDON ODELL WALSHCaptain · April 16, 1967
- DORSEY BURWIN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
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.