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DANNY CARL WHITE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 27, 1946 – October 15, 1966
Service recordDanny Carl White, of Matoaka, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 15, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 79
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Matoaka, West Virginia (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 79
- CHARLES L BOLINGSpecialist Four · October 16, 1966
- ROY BILLY CANADYPrivate First Class · October 16, 1966
- ALBERT GEORGE HALLOWELLLieutenant · October 16, 1966
- ROBERT CRITCHLEY KELLERFirst Lieutenant · October 16, 1966
From Matoaka
- JOHNNY RAY MILLSLance Corporal · January 25, 1968
- MERRIL HOLTPrivate First Class · June 20, 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.