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ERNEST BERTIE WHITE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 23, 1949 – October 13, 1969
Service recordErnest Bertie White, of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1969, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 75
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Elizabeth City, North Carolina (Pasquotank County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 75
- JOHN PRICE PICKETTSecond Lieutenant · October 13, 1969
- RONALD CLEMENCE RUDOLPHChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 13, 1969
- WILLIAM STEVE SHADESpecialist Four · October 13, 1969
- JOHN MELVIN WHEELERCaptain · October 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM STEVE SHADESpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 75
From Elizabeth City
- WILLIAM HENRY LAMBSergeant · July 18, 1967
- ROBERT LEE SADLERLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- STERLING G W RIDDICKSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- KENNETH JONES EYER JRSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- HARVEY WAYNE BAKERMaster Sergeant · January 1, 1972
- LAWRENCE MCFIE OXX JRFirst Lieutenant · January 28, 1972
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.