The Wall › Panel 6W › Connecticut › Douglas Edward White
DOUGLAS EDWARD WHITE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 19, 1951 – November 15, 1970
Service recordDouglas Edward White, of Meriden, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 63
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1951
- Home of record
- Meriden, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 63
- JAMES WILLARD F SCHELLINSpecialist Five · November 15, 1970
- COUNCIL DELANO VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1970
- ROBERT GEORGE DRAPPSergeant · November 16, 1970
- BRUCE LYNN HANKINSSpecialist Four · November 16, 1970
From Meriden
- MICHAEL LOUIS CHMURACorporal · October 17, 1965
- PATRICK WILLMER KINGSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- GERALD LEVYSpecialist Five · January 2, 1966
- EARL JOHN BAUCHMANNMaster Sergeant · September 19, 1966
- RICHARD DAVID HENSLEYLance Corporal · October 11, 1966
- JOHN REGINALD SHONECKSenior Master Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- WAYNE ROBERT MCKENZIELance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- WALTER RAYMOND MCDONALDPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH JUREK IISpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- ROBERT GARRY MARXCorporal · May 27, 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.