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JAMES E WHITE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 13, 1949 – April 30, 1968
Service recordJames E White, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 25
- ROBERT ALFRED VINTON JRPetty Officer Third Class · April 30, 1968
- ALLAN CURT WARDCorporal · April 30, 1968
- JACK ALLEN WHETSEL JRFirst Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
- EDDIE JOE WHITESergeant · April 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JOEL BEHM JRSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 9
- RICHARD LEROY ENDICOTTCaptain · Panel 53E, Line 11
- JOHN PALMORE HOLCOMBSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 15
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 16
- RONALD EUGENE PARRPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 20
- EDWARD LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 20
- JACK ALLEN WHETSEL JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 53E, Line 25
- EDDIE JOE WHITESergeant · Panel 53E, Line 25
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 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.