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JOHN MICHAEL WHITE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 25, 1948 – September 23, 1968
Service recordJohn Michael White, of Independence, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 2
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Born
- June 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Independence, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 2
- BOBBY LEE SPENCERAirman · September 23, 1968
- KENNETH CLINTON SPENCERSergeant · September 23, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL TANNEYLance Corporal · September 23, 1968
- DONNIE EDWARD WATSONCorporal · September 23, 1968
From Independence
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 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.