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ARNOLD SYLVANUS WHITE
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 20, 1949 – April 15, 1968
Service recordArnold Sylvanus White, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1968. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 50E, Line 10
- DANIEL FLORE SANDOVALSpecialist Five · April 15, 1968
- EDWARD CODY ADAMSPetty Officer Second Class · April 16, 1968
- JOSEPH HAROLD ALLENLance Corporal · April 16, 1968
- WILLIAM RESOR AMMONSecond Lieutenant · April 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KIM RANDLE PARLIAMENTCorporal · Panel 50E, Line 7
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.