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CORDIS RAY WHITE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 18, 1948 – September 18, 1969
Service recordCordis Ray White, of Lamar, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 112
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
- March 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Lamar, Missouri (Barton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 112
- JOHN WAYNE TRACYStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1969
- RICHARD GEORGE BOUCHARDCorporal · September 19, 1969
- TERRY LEE CHARLESPrivate First Class · September 19, 1969
- STEPHEN EDWARD CRISTPrivate First Class · September 19, 1969
From Lamar
- JAREL WAYNE AYERSPrivate First Class · December 31, 1966
- GERRY WAYNE LAWSONSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- CHARLES EVERETT SEATONStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1968
- JOHN ADRIAN DOSSETT JRSergeant · June 11, 1970
- HOWARD WILSON LAYNE JRStaff Sergeant · July 14, 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.