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EMMANUEL DAVID WHITLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 19, 1939 – April 16, 1966
Service recordEmmanuel David Whitley, of Stockton, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 19, 1939
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 116
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BATTISTASecond Lieutenant · April 16, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- WALTER MONROE COLLINSPrivate · April 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DANA J MICOLAPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 117
- CLARENCE A TEASSpecialist Five · Panel 6E, Line 119
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 1966
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.