LTC Linda Lou Green US Army Retired
September 12, 1946 – September 4, 2020
LTC Green was born in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was preceded in death by her father, LCDR Barney O. Green and her mother, Opal Jeffries Green. Both are buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Her brother, Barney Edwin Green, lives in Richmond VA and her nephew, Andrew Jeffries Green, graduated in 2018 from VMI and is working in NYC. LTC Green taught history, served in the military from July 1974 to May 1995 rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. She worked for several government contractors in logistics, which was her military specialty. Linda became an author and transcriber of agricultural census data in over 80 books including family histories.
In November of 1967 she earned a BA in History from East Carolina University and completed her MA in History in 1969 from the same university. While working on her MA she received a teaching assistantship in history. Her thesis was “Nell Battle Lewis: Crusading Columnist 1921-1938” in July of 1969. She was accepted for doctoral work in history at the University of Utah and was there until 1970. Linda completed over 30 hours of course work, completed her language requirements, and got her dissertation topic approved; General P.G.T. Beauregard in the After War Years. However, she did not finish her dissertation as she needed to start working for a living.
LTC Green was an Assistant Professor of History as Jackson State College, now University, in Jackson, MS from August 1970 to May 1972. Next, she was an Assistant Professor of History at Virginia State College, now University, where she taught from September of 1972 to May of 1974. Linda then made the decision to join the Army.
After basic training, LTC Green served in the field of ordnance/procurement from January of 1975 and was assigned to Germany. While serving in the Army, she was stationed at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York as an Assistant Professor of History from April of 1978 to January of 1980 when she headed for Fort Hood Texas. There she served as a Company Commander and Battalion S-1. From Fort Hood, LTC Green left the active Army but remained in the reserves until she retired in May of 1995. She was called up to serve in Desert Shield/Desert Storm in 1991. LTC Green received two Meritorious Service medals, two Army Commendation medals, and several other medals including the Army Superior Unit Award for Desert Shield/Desert Storm. She was retired from the U.S. Army in 2006 and completed Ordnance Basic and the Mechanical Maintenance Officer Course. LTC Green was a graduate of the Naval War College, National Security Management Course from the National Defense University, and a graduate from the Army Command and General Staff College.
During the period from 1983 to 2006 LTC Green worked for several government contractors and served in the Army Reserves. In 1991 she taught three seminars on Logistics Engineering for the Continuing Education program of Clemson University College of Engineering based on her book, “Logistics of Engineering”. In 1999 she was appointed to the Prince William County Virginia Historical Commission where she served for one and a half years. She researched undeveloped land for historical cemeteries and buildings and received a Commendation from the County Commissioner.
In 2006, LTC Green retired to continue writing of family histories, agricultural census transcriptions and her first history book, a Civil War book entitled, “First for the Duration, the Story of the 8th Alabama Infantry CSA”. Using her book as background, she made presentations to Col. Egbert J. Jones Camp #357 Sons of Confederate Veterans and received a Certificate of Appreciation in December of 2008, Hobbs Camp #768 in February on 2009 and received a Certificate of Appreciation. She made a presentation in late October of 2011 to the Butler County Historical Society in Greenville, Alabama on her book, as well as published articles in the UDC and the Alabama Genealogical Society magazine.
She has been a strong financial supporter of the Civil War Trust and the Friends of Gettysburg (Gettysburg Foundation), and the DAR. Over the years she has been a member of the American Historical Association and the Southern Historical Association. LTC Green was also a member of the history honor fraternity called Phi Alpha Theta from 1966 to 1969. She held many chapter level positions in Stonewall Jackson No. 20, as well as DC Division President from 2002 to 2004 UDC. LTC Green was a member of the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861 – 1865 serving as membership chairman. After two years with the National Society United States Daughters of 1812 she served as Librarian National from 2000 to 2005 to increase the holdings of the library in the period 1783-1815. During her tenure, the library holdings increased by more than 500 books. She served as the 2nd Vice President of the Association of State Presidents Past and Present of 1812, and Chairman National Members-at-Large committee of 1812.
LTC Green received a Certificate of Merit from the World Who’s Who of Women. She is listed in the Directory of Distinguished Americans Fifth Edition published by the American Biographical Institute and speared in the Second Edition of 2000 Notable Women. Her first book was on Logistical Engineering, published in 1991. In 1992 she served on the Board of Directors of the local Society of Logistics Engineers as Vice Chairman of Membership. LTC Green received a Society of Logistics Engineers Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) national award in August of 1994 and two awards by the local chapter. She also received an award from one of her employers for outstanding leadership and technical contributions in the field of Logistics Engineering from the period of March 1986 to February of 1990. Several of her articles were published in The Challenger, the local SOLE newsletter.
A graveside service will be held at Arlington National Cemetery.
