THE WALL OF FACES

May those who served never be forgotten. Rest in peace CAPT. Green, I salute your brave soul. My heart goes out to you and your family.

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. It remains my fervent hope you will be returned home after the passage of so many years.

On the remembrance of your 89th birthday, your sacrifice is not forgotten.

POW-MIA...Never Forget

HOOAH

Captain Donald George Green was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his heroism and extraordinary achievement while engaged in aerial flight. He served as a Pilot, Tactical Aircraft, and was assigned to the 469TH TAC FTR SQDN, 6234TH TAC FTR WING, 13TH AF.
See https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CgVHcmVlbhIGRG9uYWxk/

According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) website at the below link, the MIA status of Captain Donald George Green is Non-recoverable:

https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000Ka5WEAS

As of the latest DPAA update (24 July 2020), Captain Green is one of 1,586 Americans still unaccounted for in Southeast Asia from the Vietnam War. Of these 1,586, he is also one of 491 USAF airmen still MIA.

https://www.dpaa.mil/Portals/85/VietnamAccounting/pmsea_una_ALL_20200724.pdf

https://www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/VietnamAccounting/pmsea_una_AIR%20FORCE_20200724.pdf

On the date of his loss, 16 November 1965, Captain Green was the pilot of an F-105D Thunderchief jet aircraft assigned to the 469th Tactical Fighter Squadron on a combat mission over North Vietnam. Following his attack on the target, his F-105 was hit by fragments of a surface-to-air missile (SAM). Capt. Green radioed other pilots in his flight that he planned to fly his injured aircraft to the Gulf of Tonkin, then eject near a U.S. destroyer. Although he made it to the Gulf, his F-105 broke in half and disintegrated before he was able to bail out.