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DANFORTH ELLITHORPE WHITE
Commander · U.S. Navy
June 17, 1930 – March 31, 1969
Service recordDanforth Ellithorpe White, of State College, Pennsylvania, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 31, 1969, in Laos, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 101
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- June 17, 1930
- Home of record
- State College, Pennsylvania (Centre County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 28W, Line 101
- JAMES HAROLD WILSONSergeant · March 31, 1969
- LEROY IRVIN BLANKENSHIPMajor · April 1, 1969
- JAMES EARL BOUYERPrivate First Class · April 1, 1969
- ALVIN LEON GAYSpecialist Four · April 1, 1969
From State College
- DAVID GEPHART MYERSFirst Lieutenant · June 8, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAMS SWIGARTCaptain · July 4, 1967
- STEPHEN THOMAS KUCASFirst Sergeant · March 1, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN MERRILLLance Corporal · November 26, 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.