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COLEY PHILLIP WHITE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 1, 1941 – November 19, 1966
Service recordColey Phillip White, of Wiley Ford, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 93
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 1, 1941
- Home of record
- Wiley Ford, West Virginia (Mineral County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 93
- DAVID RICHARD WESTLance Corporal · November 19, 1966
- JAMES LAFAYETTE WHITEDMajor · November 19, 1966
- ELVIN JOSEPH WIDEMANStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1966
- SAMMY RAY WISWELLStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL M CAMPBELL IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 88
- JOHN DOUGLAS FITZPATRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 88
- ALAN N WEISMANPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 92
- ELVIN JOSEPH WIDEMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 93
- EDWARD WARREN WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 94
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.