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GORDON GLENN WHITE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 25, 1945 – March 12, 1969
Service recordGordon Glenn White served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 26
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 25, 1945
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 26
- CHARLES JOSEPH TURRIPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- KYLE WALDROPStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1969
- WILLIAM TIMOTHY WHEELERFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1969
- JERRY OWEN YOUNGPrivate First Class · March 12, 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.