Frank Clifford Green Jr.

Vietnam War
UnitAttack Squadron 212
RankCommander U.S. Navy
Entered Service FromWaskom Texas
Date of DeathJuly 10 1972
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Commander Green was a member of Attack Squadron 212, Carrier Air Wing 21 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS HANCOCK (CVA-19). On July 10, 1972, he was the pilot of a Douglas Attack Aircraft Skyhawk (A-4F) on a night armed reconnaissance over North Vietnam. After an attack on a convoy of trucks, his aircraft crashed. His remains were recovered and identified on November 1, 2010. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.