Willie the son of Aaron Greene and Mary Greene of Macon Georgia enlisted in the US Marine Corps on April 21 1966 in Atlanta. In Vietnam he was assigned to and served with Company G, 2d Battalion, 4th Marines, 3d MARDIV (Rein) FMF,
On September 12 the Battalion relocated from Thua Tien Province to Con Tien in northern Quang Tri Province to provide security to the outpost as well as C-2 during Operation KINGFISHER.
On September 21, while on a search and destroy operation some 3 kilometers east of Con Tien (Hill 158) elements of the Battalion became heavily engaged with a large NVA Force in the vicinity of the abandoned airfield of Nam Dong near the junction of Routes 606 and 541. The Marines were hit by 82mm mortars and enemy artillery as closed with the enemy, numerous casualties were sustained during the battle, one of the casualties was LCpl Greene he was killed in action from a gunshot wound by hostile sniper fire.
On September 12 the Battalion relocated from Thua Tien Province to Con Tien in northern Quang Tri Province to provide security to the outpost as well as C-2 during Operation KINGFISHER.
On September 21, while on a search and destroy operation some 3 kilometers east of Con Tien (Hill 158) elements of the Battalion became heavily engaged with a large NVA Force in the vicinity of the abandoned airfield of Nam Dong near the junction of Routes 606 and 541. The Marines were hit by 82mm mortars and enemy artillery as closed with the enemy, numerous casualties were sustained during the battle, one of the casualties was LCpl Greene he was killed in action from a gunshot wound by hostile sniper fire.
Willie the son of Aaron Greene and Mary Greene of Macon Georgia enlisted in the US Marine Corps on April 21 1966 in Atlanta. In Vietnam he was assigned to and served with Company G, 2d Battalion, 4th Marines, 3d MARDIV (Rein) FMF,
On September 12 the Battalion relocated from Thua Tien Province to Con Tien in northern Quang Tri Province to provide security to the outpost as well as C-2 during Operation KINGFISHER.
On September 21, while on a search and destroy operation some 3 kilometers east of Con Tien (Hill 158) elements of the Battalion became heavily engaged with a large NVA Force in the vicinity of the abandoned airfield of Nam Dong near the junction of Routes 606 and 541. The Marines were hit by 82mm mortars and enemy artillery as closed with the enemy, numerous casualties were sustained during the battle, one of the casualties was LCpl Greene he was killed in action from a gunshot wound by hostile sniper fire.
On September 12 the Battalion relocated from Thua Tien Province to Con Tien in northern Quang Tri Province to provide security to the outpost as well as C-2 during Operation KINGFISHER.
On September 21, while on a search and destroy operation some 3 kilometers east of Con Tien (Hill 158) elements of the Battalion became heavily engaged with a large NVA Force in the vicinity of the abandoned airfield of Nam Dong near the junction of Routes 606 and 541. The Marines were hit by 82mm mortars and enemy artillery as closed with the enemy, numerous casualties were sustained during the battle, one of the casualties was LCpl Greene he was killed in action from a gunshot wound by hostile sniper fire.
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