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DONALD EUGENE WHITE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 24, 1946 – March 5, 1967
Service recordDonald Eugene White, of Lamar, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 25
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Lamar, Missouri (Barton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 25
- GERALD RONALD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- RICHARD HISAO TOMALance Corporal · March 5, 1967
- KENNETH WAYNE WELLSSpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- JOE ALAN WHITBYSergeant · March 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GERALD JAMES BREENSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 19
- DENNIS RAY JENSENPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 21
From Lamar
- JAREL WAYNE AYERSPrivate First Class · December 31, 1966
- GERRY WAYNE LAWSONSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- CHARLES EVERETT SEATONStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1968
- CORDIS RAY WHITESpecialist Four · September 18, 1969
- JOHN ADRIAN DOSSETT JRSergeant · June 11, 1970
- HOWARD WILSON LAYNE JRStaff Sergeant · July 14, 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.