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KENNETH LEROY WHITE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 10, 1948 – May 1, 1969
Service recordKenneth Leroy White, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 96
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 96
- GERALD DOUGLAS ANTHONYPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- FRANKLIN G ATKINSON JRSpecialist Four · May 2, 1969
- RICHARD BOYCE BENNETTSergeant · May 2, 1969
- RODNEY JOE BLACKSpecialist Five · May 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN DALE BELSLYCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 89
- JAMES DEE BLASKOSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 89
- LARRY RICHARD COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 90
- CHARLES BENNY HIGHTPrivate · Panel 26W, Line 91
- RONALD ALLEN HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 91
- JOHN DAVID SEXTONSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 94
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 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.