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DANIEL WESLEY WHITE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 26, 1943 – June 3, 1967
Service recordDaniel Wesley White, of Herndon, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1967, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 54
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
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Herndon, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 54
- PRESTON HARRY TURNER JRPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- GEORGE DAVID WALLACESergeant · June 3, 1967
- JAMES ALLAN WEEDPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- JERELD EUGENE WESTPHALLance Corporal · June 3, 1967
From Herndon
- WAYNE MINOR KIDWELLSergeant · March 8, 1968
- GUY HOLDAWAYPrivate First Class · December 5, 1968
- ERNEST RICHARD FRANKSPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- THEODORE S HERIOT JRPrivate First Class · June 13, 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.