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JEFFREY MERLE WHITE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 21, 1949 – September 27, 1970
Service recordJeffrey Merle White, of San Francisco, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 97
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 21, 1949
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 97
- JOHN WILLIAM PARSELLSSergeant · September 27, 1970
- ROBERT FRANK RONGA JRSpecialist Four · September 27, 1970
- BLAKE EDWARD ASTONLance Corporal · September 28, 1970
- WESLEY WAYNE DAVISPrivate · September 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LEE BRADLEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 95
- STANLEY ARTHUR GOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 95
- ROBERT OREN HILL JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 7W, Line 95
- DAVID WEBSTER MACLURGSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 96
- KENNETH CLIFFORD NOKESSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 96
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.