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LAWRENCE LEALAND WHITE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 13, 1949 – June 10, 1969
Service recordLawrence Lealand White, of Middlefield, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 16
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Middlefield, Ohio (Geauga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1969; seven 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 Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 16
- EUGENE WILLARD SMITHSpecialist Four · June 10, 1969
- GARY DENNIS STOCKLINFirst Lieutenant · June 10, 1969
- RAYMOND WILLIAM SWANSONPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM WALSHCaptain · June 10, 1969
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.