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JOHN HERBERT WHITE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 15, 1946 – March 1, 1968
Service recordJohn Herbert White JR, of Anaheim, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 26
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1968; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 26
- RICHARD JEFFREY PETRIESecond Lieutenant · March 1, 1968
- RODOLFO VALENZUELAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- JOE WAYNE VANDERPOOLPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- JOSE LUIS ALVAREZ-TAPIAPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BUDROW BASS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 13
- BENNIE KSIAZEKPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 18
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
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.