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EUGENE WHITE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 28, 1943 – January 14, 1967
Service recordEugene White, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 14, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 31
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- March 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 31
- FRANCIS JOHN ZINDAPetty Officer First Class · January 14, 1967
- DALE EARL BENSONPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- A J BOTTOMChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 15, 1967
- GARY RODNEY BOYETTPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.