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BEDFORD FREDERICK WHITE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 24, 1949 – September 12, 1969
Service recordBedford Frederick White, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 75
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 75
- JAMES STANLEY BRISTERPrivate First Class · September 12, 1969
- STEPHAN LEE HARGRAVEPrivate First Class · September 12, 1969
- RONALD CHARLES HUDSONSpecialist Four · September 12, 1969
- LAWRENCE DAVID JACKSONSergeant · September 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD CHARLES HUDSONSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 75
- GERHARD M ROLFSPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 76
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.