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KURNEY JOSEPH WHITE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 7, 1946 – May 25, 1967
Service recordKurney Joseph White JR, of Berwick, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Berwick, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 108
- GARY LEE STYMUSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- FREDDIE EDWARD THEISLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- EDWARD LEWIS TIEMANSergeant First Class · May 25, 1967
- BENJAMIN GARETH WELLSFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HENRY BETHEA IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 100
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.