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DONALD NISLER WHITE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 12, 1950 – October 11, 1970
Service recordDonald Nisler White, of Plumerville, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Plumerville, Arkansas (Conway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 127
- CLYDE ELMER WALTER JRCorporal · October 11, 1970
- ROBERT BENTON BAKER JRSergeant · October 12, 1970
- LARRY GENE BATCHERPrivate First Class · October 12, 1970
- ROBERT JOSEPH BELTRANCorporal · October 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL BOYERPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 125
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.