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CHARLES BOYD WHITE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 7, 1944 – May 1, 1966
Service recordCharles Boyd White, of Trenton, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 15
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Trenton, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 15
- GEORGE THOMAS STRIDIRONSergeant First Class · April 30, 1966
- PAUL TIMOTHY WHITTINGTONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- WILLIAM WILKOWSKY JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- WILLIAM LYLE BAUERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JOSEPH CARVILLESpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 16
- KARL F SCHRANKPrivate · Panel 7E, Line 16
- EUGENE GERALD ARMSTRONG JRChief Warrant Officer 4 · Panel 7E, Line 17
From Trenton
- WALTER WAYNE CUNNINGHAMSergeant · October 31, 1967
- PATRICK JAMES MCKINLEYLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- GARY WAYNE HOLBROOKCorporal · February 7, 1968
- LOUIS WADE CUSSINSLance Corporal · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID GOUGER JRSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- ROBERT LEE WUNDERPrivate First Class · March 25, 1971
- ROBERT JOHN DIPIETROSpecialist Four · July 29, 1971
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.