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GARY RICHARD WHITE
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 9, 1948 – May 16, 1970
Service recordGary Richard White, of Hewett, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Hewett, West Virginia (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 55
- AUBREY WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · May 16, 1970
- SAMMIE EDWARD ALEXANDERSergeant First Class · May 17, 1970
- PHILLIP FRED ARNOLDWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1970
- WAYNE BENNETTPrivate First Class · May 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILLIAM HENSELSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 51
- CLYDE WESLEY LAWRENCE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 52
- JOE EDWARD RABERSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 53
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.