THE WALL OF FACES

SFC Wilbur Greene was a Unit Supply Sergeant serving with Headquarters & Headquarters Company (HHC), 1st Battalion, 11th Infantry, 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division. The 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division was sent to South Vietnam after the Tet Offensive as a replacement for a U.S. Marine Corps unit. The brigade, consisting of one battalion each of infantry, mechanized infantry, and armor served from July 1968 until August 1971 defending the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in northern Quang Tri Province. As Supply Sergeant, Greene supervised the receipt, delivery, and inventorying of 5th infantry Division supplies and equipment. Four months before the Division returned to the U.S., Greene went on sick call for treatment of a chronic alcohol use disorder. He was admitted to the 18th Surgical Hospital at Quang Tri on April 8, 1971, where he expired at 7:45 AM the following morning from cardiac arrest. A seventeen-year veteran of the Army, Greene was 37 years old. His body was forwarded to the U.S. Army Mortuary at Da Nang where Graves Registration personnel prepared the remains for shipment back to his family in the United States. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]

Dear Sergeant First Class Greene, You Are Not Forgotten!
This is the 2nd year, on the anniversary of your passing, that I ran a mile with you in my thoughts and prayers. Rest in Peace, Dear Brother.

Each year since September 2015, at the annual 5th Division Army reunion, members of the Society of the Fifth Division, U.S Army remember the 514 soldiers from the 1st Brigade, 5th Division, who were Killed in Action in Vietnam. You are among the soldiers remembered. You Are Not Forgotten!

Phil “LT Mike” Maniscalco
Society of the 5th Division, U.S. Army
Delta Company 1/11 Infantry
Vietnam Sept 1968- Sept 1969

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. We should be forever thankful for the sacrifices of you and so many others to ensure the freedoms we so often take for granted.

Dear Sergeant First Class Greene~ You Are Not Forgotten!
Today, on the anniversary of your passing, I ran a mile with you in my thoughts and prayers. Rest in Peace, dear brother.

Each year since September 2015, at the annual 5th Division Army reunion, members of the Society of the Fifth Division, U.S Army remember the 514 soldiers from the 1st Brigade, 5th Division, who were Killed in Action in Vietnam. You are among the soldiers remembered. You Are Not Forgotten!

Phil “LT Mike” Maniscalco
Society of the 5th Division, U.S. Army
Delta Company 1/11 Infantry
Vietnam Sept 1968- Sept 1969

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