Green, Thomas Frederick
Army Private 1st class

Thomas Frederick Green, age 19, from Ramona, California, San Diego county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Tuesday, October 26, 1971
Death details: Thomas F. Green, 19, killed during the Vietnam War, was accounted for Aug. 23, 2022. In October 1971, Green was assigned to the 68th Aviation Company, 52nd Aviation Battalion, 17th Aviation Group. On Oct. 26, Green was serving as the door gunner on a CH-47B Chinook helicopter when it went down over water in bad weather while flying from Tuy Hoa to Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam. Remains of four of the 10 Soldiers on board were recovered during search and rescue operations following the crash, but Green was not accounted for.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency