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AULDON KEITH WHITE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 2, 1948 – June 1, 1970
Service recordAuldon Keith White, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 132
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- September 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 132
- RICKY EDWARD PERSELYPrivate First Class · June 1, 1970
- JOSEPH JOHN SMITHSergeant · June 1, 1970
- EDWARD VANEVERY JRSpecialist Five · June 1, 1970
- GLENN LEE WILLISLance Corporal · June 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GEORGE HOWARD JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 130
- DAVID CAMPBELL MOSSNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 131
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1968
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.