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CARROLL EUGENE WHITE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 1, 1949 – October 10, 1968
Service recordCarroll Eugene White, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 10, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 44
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 44
- FRANK C VANLOON JRSergeant · October 10, 1968
- TIMOTHY PATRICK WEAVERSpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
- HENRY ARTHUR BLANDINGSpecialist Four · October 11, 1968
- JOHN ELTON CANDYPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.