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HARRY RAY WHITE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 16, 1949 – December 10, 1967
Service recordHarry Ray White JR, of Lakeland, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 79
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachute Rigger (43E)
- Born
- January 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Lakeland, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1967; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 79
- ROBERT ALLEN ANSPACHMaster Sergeant · September 11, 1967
- IVAN DEAN MILLER JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- JAMES EARL WRIGHTCorporal · December 10, 1967
- ALLAN EUGENE FOLLETTSpecialist Four · December 11, 1967
From Lakeland
- DONALD FREDERICK WEINMANSergeant · January 13, 1966
- DORSE RIGGSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- KENNETH RAY TEMPLESCorporal · June 19, 1966
- JAMES ROY PEARSONSergeant · November 4, 1966
- JOHN ANDREW SCHOLLARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- ISUM MERRILL WALKERCorporal · April 10, 1967
- JAMES HARRELL WALLERSergeant · May 13, 1967
- WILLIE GENE DYERCorporal · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK BUFFPrivate First Class · June 6, 1967
- CHARLES R PITTSFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1967
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.