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A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968.
A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968. Photo: Sgt. William F. Dickman, USMC, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Everett White Everett.

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EVERETT WHITE EVERETT

Hospitalman · U.S. Navy

October 28, 1945 – July 22, 1968

Service record

Everett White Everett, of Olden, Texas, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 22, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 51W · Line 31

Position of Panel 51W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Navy
Rank
Hospitalman (HN)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Hospital Corpsman (HM)
Born
October 28, 1945
Home of record
Olden, Texas (Eastland County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 22, 1968
Age
22
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

43 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 51W, Line 31

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.