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G W WHITAKER
Private · U.S. Army
November 16, 1942 – July 7, 1966
Service recordG W Whitaker, of Oakland, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 281 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 7
- JOHN WILLIAM HAMMSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- LAWRENCE COLBURN HARRIGANPrivate First Class · July 8, 1966
- MILLARD WESLEY LEHMANAirman First Class · July 8, 1966
- RONALD LEE LONGANECKERLance Corporal · July 8, 1966
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 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.