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JOHNNY LAVERNE WHITEAKER
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 28, 1948 – August 21, 1968
Service recordJohnny Laverne Whiteaker, of Mcminnville, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 24
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Born
- January 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Mcminnville, Tennessee (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 24
- CHARLES G VANDER HEYDENSergeant · August 21, 1968
- DANIEL EDWARD WARKCorporal · August 21, 1968
- EDWARD TYRONE WESTLance Corporal · August 21, 1968
- MARVIN REX YOUNGStaff Sergeant · August 21, 1968
From Mcminnville
- JOE LYNN DELONGStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1967
- FLOYD CARL CRAVENCorporal · September 4, 1967
- HAROLD LAWTON BASHAMCorporal · November 29, 1968
- DAVID ROBERT RAYPetty Officer Second Class · March 19, 1969
- WILBUR LEON GREENStaff Sergeant · May 8, 1969
- THOMAS DUDLEY YOUNGSergeant · December 15, 1970
- JAMES CHARLES WATSONStaff Sergeant · December 25, 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.