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JACK LEE WHITE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 25, 1944 – May 17, 1968
Service recordJack Lee White, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 13
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- July 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 13
- MARCUS GUY FIEBELKORNSecond Lieutenant · May 17, 1968
- RICHARD TURNERCorporal · May 17, 1968
- SYLVESTER GEORGE TYLERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- GARY LAYNE WALKERPrivate · May 17, 1968
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 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.