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BARNEY JOE WHITE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 31, 1949 – November 4, 1968
Service recordBarney Joe White, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 19
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 19
- ALLAN ROBERT TYLERSergeant · November 4, 1968
- TIMOTHY HOWARD WEAKSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1968
- BILLIE WELDON WILKINSONSergeant First Class · November 4, 1968
- HERBERT WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · November 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MARIO FILIPPELLICorporal · Panel 39W, Line 16
- GREGORY LEE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 18
- RICHARD ALLEN SETTERSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 18
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.