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JOSEPH WHITE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 24, 1945 – July 26, 1967
Service recordJoseph White, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 4
- ANTHONY RUTIGLIANOSpecialist Four · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE AMOSSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- WILLIAM ORLAN BAREMajor · July 27, 1967
- JAMES WOODSON BEAMSWarrant Officer · July 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE SAMUEL CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 2
- ANTHONY RUTIGLIANOSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 4
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.