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WILLIE F GREEN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 7, 1945 – October 4, 1967
Service recordWillie F Green, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 254 MED DET USARV
- Born
- March 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1967; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “254 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 48
- HOWARD MARTIN GERSTELCaptain · October 4, 1967
- MARION MARSHALL HOPKINSCorporal · October 4, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS LANEPrivate First Class · October 4, 1967
- RONALD ANDREW MARTINSpecialist Four · October 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE GALLEGOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 49
- ROLAND ALBERT NIELSENSpecialist Five · Panel 27E, Line 49
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.