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ALLEN EUGENE WHITE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 24, 1948 – November 30, 1968
Service recordAllen Eugene White, of Erwin, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 15
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- January 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Erwin, Tennessee (Unicoi County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 15
- SAMUEL KAMU TOOMEY IIIMajor · November 30, 1968
- KING DAVID WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- CALVIN EDWARD YOUNGStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1968
- RAYMOND ALANIZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1968
From Erwin
- DOUGLAS LEE JONESFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE BANNISTERPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- DAVID LEE EDNEYSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- JAMES JAY BRITTCorporal · December 31, 1968
- DONALD LEE GRUBBPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
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.