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CALVIN PERRY WHITE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 10, 1937 – March 10, 1967
Service recordCalvin Perry White, of Chattahoochee, Florida, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 55
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1937
- Home of record
- Chattahoochee, Florida (Gadsden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 55
- JACOB FRANCIS STEPANCaptain · March 10, 1967
- HARRY RAY STEWARTFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD ALDERSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- HARVEY ROBERT JA CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HENRY FLYNNSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 52
- WARREN EDWARD KECKSpecialist Five · Panel 16E, Line 53
From Chattahoochee
- JAMES LYNN JONESSpecialist Four · July 9, 1970
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.