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JOHN OLIVER WHITE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 20, 1946 – January 22, 1968
Service recordJohn Oliver White, of Saraland, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 12
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Saraland, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 12
- TOM WILLIS SIMMONS JRPrivate First Class · January 22, 1968
- RICHARD E STECKERStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1968
- NATHANIEL WEATHERSGunnery Sergeant · January 22, 1968
- JERRY DAN WELLSPrivate First Class · January 22, 1968
From Saraland
- HARRY DONALD WOODARDSpecialist Four · April 9, 1966
- JIMMY EDWARD STAMEYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- CLAUDE PAUL MILLERPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- LEE ARTICE DIXONLance Corporal · November 7, 1967
- BILLY LEE JACKSONStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1968
- ROOSEVELT HURST JRSergeant · July 5, 1968
- BENJAMIN ARTHUR THOMPSON JRStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1968
- LEVI JAMES WILSONSpecialist Four · April 8, 1971
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.