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GREGORY LEE WHITE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 3, 1949 – November 11, 1970
Service recordGregory Lee White, of Alder Creek, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 52
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Alder Creek, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 52
- RONALD J DIBARTOLOMEOSergeant · November 11, 1970
- DENNIS RICHARD LINNELLPrivate First Class · November 11, 1970
- ROYCE LEE ADDINGTONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1970
- JOSE GILBERT BARRERAPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
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.