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ALBERT DEWELL WHITE
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 31, 1947 – February 7, 1968
Service recordAlbert Dewell White, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 18
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 18
- ROBERT JAMES WEBBLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- DAVID EARL WEDHORNPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- GORDON JOHN WETJENSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- VORIN EDWIN WHAN JRLieutenant Colonel · February 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KIRK EDWARD HOULEPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 1
- STEVE NATHANIEL LAMBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 4
- WILLIAM HENRY SMITH JRSpecialist Five · Panel 38E, Line 14
- ROBERT LEO YORKPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 19
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.