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JAMES DAVID WHITE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 11, 1941 – August 3, 1969
Service recordJames David White, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 94
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 11, 1941
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 94
- STEPHEN EUGENE SROKAPrivate First Class · August 3, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM BEESLERPrivate First Class · August 4, 1969
- ROY DONALD BRATTONFirst Lieutenant · August 4, 1969
- WYMAN GENE BRITTSpecialist Four · August 4, 1969
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.