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CHARLES WHITE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 9, 1945 – August 15, 1966
Service recordCharles White, of Star City, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 12
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Star City, Arkansas (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 12
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH BECKER JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 16, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DORSEYSergeant · August 16, 1966
- RAY FORDYCEStaff Sergeant · August 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HECTOR SANTOS ACEVEDOPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 6
- JAMES RONALD SECHRESTPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 10
- JAMES EDWARD SHOWALTERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 10
- RAYMOND STEPTOEPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 11
From Star City
- SAMMY RAY HARRISONPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- MICHAEL WILSON BAILEYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
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.