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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Larry Joe White.

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LARRY JOE WHITE

Corporal · U.S. Army

February 22, 1949 – June 30, 1969

Service record

Larry Joe White, of Houston, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 21W · Line 41

Position of Panel 21W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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)
Occupation
Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
Unit (as recorded)
11 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
February 22, 1949
Home of record
Houston, Texas (Harris County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 30, 1969
Age
20
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 21W, Line 41

Same unit, same day

From Houston

All 358 names from Houston →

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.