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JAMES LEE WHITE
Private · U.S. Army
December 25, 1947 – February 23, 1969
Service recordJames Lee White, of New York, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 29
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. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 25, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 31W, Line 29
- JIMMIE SHERRILL WARRENSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- JOHN WILLIE WASHINGTONSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- LESTER WILLIAM WEBERLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- KELLY WAYNE WEITZELPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.