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DONALD LEE WHITE
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
January 22, 1948 – May 27, 1967
Service recordDonald Lee White, of Rockvale, Colorado, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 27, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 2
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Rockvale, Colorado (Fremont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 2
- HERBERT A RIPKAWarrant Officer 1 · May 27, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD SMITHCorporal · May 27, 1967
- ARTHUR VERNON VIGILLance Corporal · May 27, 1967
- LLOYD MARVIN ADKINS JRPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
From Rockvale
- ROBERT JOHN HORVATHPrivate First Class · March 6, 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.