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DONALD RICHARD WHITE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 16, 1948 – May 13, 1970
Service recordDonald Richard White, of Northport, Alabama, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 37
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Northport, Alabama (Tuscaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 37
- RAYMOND JOSEPH SOUZACorporal · May 13, 1970
- ALAN ROBERT TRENTCaptain · May 13, 1970
- DAVID FRANCIS WINDERPrivate First Class · May 13, 1970
- ROBERT TINSLEY WOODFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RANDY MAYO DAVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 31
- RICHARD ARTHUR HENKEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 33
- SIDNEY WADE JARRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 34
- ERNEST LEE JOHNSSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 34
- FREDRICK WAYNE SHEFFIELDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 36
From Northport
- JIMMY B TAYLORSergeant · April 2, 1966
- CARL BROWNSpecialist Four · November 18, 1966
- JOHN ALBERT HAMNERPlatoon Sergeant · February 13, 1967
- ARNOLD HOSEA SULLIVANSergeant · January 8, 1968
- BILLY WELLSSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- WOODROW WILSON BISHOP JRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1969
- OTIS CARTHAGE JRCorporal · December 28, 1969
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.