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LEE OWENS WHITE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 21, 1943 – November 21, 1966
Service recordLee Owens White JR, of Evanston, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Evanston, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 108
- MAX MARVIN WOODSMALLStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- GERALD EDWARD CHASTAINSpecialist Four · November 22, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JASPER RAY CONWAYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 99
- GEORGE EPPINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 99
- HERBERT PEARSALL JRSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 104
- JIMMY EDWARD STAMEYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 106
From Evanston
- RICHARD FRANK WALLACECaptain · August 24, 1965
- JAMES E FULLERPrivate · June 22, 1966
- STEPHEN ARTHUR ANDERSONLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOYLEFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1966
- NELSON SAYLER LEHMAN JRCaptain · March 7, 1967
- CLAYTON WINSLOW JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1967
- ALLAN JOSEPH HERMANSecond Lieutenant · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE KEATSCaptain · February 2, 1968
- ALBERT JEAN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JOSEPH HENRY BYRNEMajor · March 13, 1968
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.