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DICK EDWARD WHITNEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 16, 1946 – May 28, 1969
Service recordDick Edward Whitney, of Newberg, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 12
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Newberg, Oregon (Yamhill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 12
- WILLIAM JOHN THORNHILLPrivate · May 28, 1969
- DAVID L TIFFANYSpecialist Five · May 28, 1969
- STEPHEN LOUIS UPTONLance Corporal · May 28, 1969
- RAMON LUIS VAZQUEZ-NIEVESSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN CLARENCE BRISSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 6
- RICHARD LYNN BRUMFIELDSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 6
- GARY WAYNE COXSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 7
- PATRICK MARTIN DIXONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 7
- EARL ARTHUR GODMANSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 8
- ALBERT HILERIO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 9
- THOMAS ALLEN NEBELPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 10
- ROBERT BERTON READCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 11
- DAVID L TIFFANYSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 12
- WILLIAM KENEITH WORDCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 13
From Newberg
- WILLIAM WALLACE NEWTONChief Petty Officer · February 17, 1960
- MICHAEL CLYDE KAMPHCorporal · August 27, 1967
- EDWARD HARVEY JOHNSONColonel · December 21, 1972
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.