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BOBBY BLAKE WHITE
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 22, 1951 – October 28, 1971
Service recordBobby Blake White, of Bradenton, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 54
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 22, 1951
- Home of record
- Bradenton, Florida (Manatee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 54
- JOHN PARM CARR IIISpecialist Five · October 29, 1971
- JIMMY LAWRENCE HAYNESPrivate First Class · October 29, 1971
- LINUS LABIN OAKLEYSergeant · October 29, 1971
- GENE WALLACE STOCKMANSergeant First Class · October 29, 1971
- JAMES LLOYD VAUGHANLieutenant Colonel · July 8, 1972
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL ALLEN AMEYSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 53
- BRENT PHILLIP CLEVELANDPrivate · Panel 2W, Line 53
- DAVID LEON JACKSONCorporal · Panel 2W, Line 53
- DONALD FRANKLIN VAUGHANSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 53
From Bradenton
- ROBERT BREWSTER LOWEFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1966
- HAROLD STANLEY WILSONSpecialist Four · February 19, 1967
- JOHN R VANNORMAN IIILance Corporal · June 14, 1967
- BLAKELY IRVING DAVIS JRHospitalman · July 29, 1967
- JAMES HAROLD BEAVERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- FRED CARLTON JENKINSSpecialist Five · April 2, 1968
- DALE WARREN PARKERStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- LARRY CHARLES BOLYARDFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- SHERRY JOE HADLEYCorporal · May 27, 1968
- BOBBY LEE RILEYPrivate First Class · August 14, 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.