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Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965.
Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965. Photo: SP5 Allan K. Holm, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Ivan Preston Whitlock.

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IVAN PRESTON WHITLOCK

Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

March 27, 1924 – April 2, 1962

Service record

Ivan Preston Whitlock, of Gibsland, Louisiana, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 2, 1962, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 1E · Line 8

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
March 27, 1924
Home of record
Gibsland, Louisiana

Casualty

Date of death
April 2, 1962
Age
38
Province
Gia Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Illness
Circumstance
Heart Related

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One name on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1962; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1962, 6 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Gibsland

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.