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JOHN ARTHUR WHITE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 11, 1948 – May 5, 1970
Service recordJohn Arthur White, of Miami, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 107
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 107
- ROSCOE SYBERTSergeant First Class · May 5, 1970
- JIMMY LEE THOMPSONPrivate · May 5, 1970
- WARKER RICHARD L VANDEWarrant Officer 1 · May 5, 1970
- STEVEN EDWARD WASSONCorporal · May 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS ALLEN SPRENKLESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 106
- DERRICK SUDLERPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 106
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.