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HERMAN WHITE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 11, 1950 – July 28, 1969
Service recordHerman White JR, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 68
- MICHAEL WALTERSLance Corporal · July 28, 1969
- DAVID EDWIN WESTOVERSeaman · July 28, 1969
- MICHAEL CHARLES WUNSCHCaptain · July 28, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH AMENDOLACaptain · July 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN DANIEL SIBAYANSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 67
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.