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JOHNNY BRYAN WHITE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 21, 1951 – April 16, 1970
Service recordJohnny Bryan White, of Pacifica, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 15
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Pacifica, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 15
- RALPH EUGENE REEDSpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
- FRANK LEE RIDENStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1970
- EDWARD DECAMP SOSSAMONSergeant · April 16, 1970
- JOHN DAVID THOMASPrivate First Class · April 16, 1970
From Pacifica
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOSTERPrivate · May 22, 1966
- ROBERT ERVEN CURRYLance Corporal · December 31, 1966
- JAMES STANLEY B CHILDERSLance Corporal · February 15, 1967
- MEDFORD ADARINE CHRYSLERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WALKER JRPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- GEORGE ANGELO CABANO JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM COMPTONSergeant · May 12, 1969
- GEORGE FRANCIS PATTERSONSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- DAVID GEORGE MCKAYSpecialist Four · June 4, 1970
- JOHN AL PREMENKOSergeant · August 14, 1970
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.