Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: B Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11C – Indirect Fire Infantryman
Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 12-Apr-1948
Hometown: Texarkana, Arkansas
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 29-Oct-1965
Start of tour: Unknown
Incident date: 19-Nov-1966
Date of casualty: 29-Dec-1966
Age at death: 18
Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of illness/injury. Vehicle Crash (MC). Vehicle loss or crash.
James David Green died as result of 2d and 3d degree burns over 80% of body. He was a passenger in an armored personnel carrier when on 19 Nov 1966 in Vietnam ammunition accidentally exploded.
Location of fatality: South Vietnam
Place of interment: East Memorial Gardens, Texarkana, Arkansas, USA
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