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DAVID LEE WHITE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 26, 1947 – September 21, 1968
Service recordDavid Lee White, of Danville, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 59
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Danville, Virginia (Danville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 59
- DONNY RAY STEWARTPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- JAMES LEO WARNERSergeant First Class · September 21, 1968
- MICHAEL NILE ANDERSENPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID ARMSTRONGPrivate · September 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS CHARLESPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 52
- DAVID LEROY CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 52
- MICHAEL IRVIN HANNEMANSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 54
- ROBERT ALLAN LHOTASpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 55
From Danville
- ERIE A MARTIN JRFirst Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- LEE DUFFORD HARLEYMajor · May 18, 1966
- DANNY GARTH KEATONSpecialist Four · July 10, 1966
- DONALD WAYNE MCCANNSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- HERBERT L ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MOSES LEON POINDEXTERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- DAVID GLENN SPEARMANCaptain · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH WAYNE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- STEVEN REED POWELLPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- HUGH JAMES FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
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.