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GENE LEWIS WHITE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 13, 1946 – April 3, 1969
Service recordGene Lewis White, of Lansing, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 8
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Lansing, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 8
- ROBIN RICHARD ANNISPrivate First Class · April 4, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL BOULEPrivate First Class · April 4, 1969
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BUTLERSpecialist Four · April 4, 1969
- MICHAEL HAROLD FLOODSpecialist Four · April 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD VENTION HACKERSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 5
- JOHN THOMAS MONTGOMERYSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 5
- EDWARD FRANCIS MORRILLPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 6
From Lansing
- RONALD LEE BEUSTERCorporal · February 4, 1966
- RICHARD GLEN SCHROEDERPetty Officer Third Class · July 14, 1966
- CHARLES LEE KELLERSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- ALBERT C BROSEWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- DANNY JOSEPH CORRIGANCorporal · August 20, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN FEDEROWSKICorporal · May 24, 1968
- ANDREW ROBERT SABOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- DONALD GENE DISSELKOENCorporal · June 5, 1969
- THEODORE ALLEN TROCKSpecialist Four · September 19, 1969
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.