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ALLEN THOMAS WHITE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 28, 1950 – April 23, 1970
Service recordAllen Thomas White, of Choctaw, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 43
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Surveyor (82C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- May 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Choctaw, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 43
- DOUGLAS WOODFIN MURPHEY JRCaptain · December 19, 1969
- ERIC LAWRENCE TULLERSeaman · April 23, 1970
- GARRY LEE WORLEYCorporal · April 23, 1970
- JAMES RUSSELL CASESpecialist Four · April 24, 1970
- TIMOTHY GEORGE FRANKCorporal · April 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE THOMAS KELLY IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 41
- JOHN WILLIAM SNELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 42
From Choctaw
- JOHNNIE LEE SLOANPrivate First Class · September 28, 1965
- ALEXANDER LEO MAYERSpecialist Four · April 2, 1967
- DELTON EUGENE TERRYAirman · July 29, 1967
- JAMES CLAIR WILSONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- GARY LANE BARNUMPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
- JOHNNY LEE KIDDSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- ALLEN JAY SMITHCorporal · October 15, 1970
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.