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LENWOOD WHITE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 2, 1942 – April 2, 1969
Service recordLenwood White JR, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 3
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 3
- ROBERT JOHN STORK JRFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1969
- JIMMIE MACK TILGHMANCorporal · April 2, 1969
- JULIAN VICTOR VELASQUEZSergeant · April 2, 1969
- DAVID ARLEN WALDERACaptain · April 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HAMILTON RODGERSSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 2
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.