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LEONARD RAY WHITE
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 2, 1947 – June 13, 1968
Service recordLeonard Ray White, of Watsonville, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 15
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Watsonville, California (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 57W, Line 15
- ALLEN RAY WEAMERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE WERLEYSpecialist Four · June 13, 1968
- RONALD ALTON WILSONPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- HENRY EUGENE WOOLEYSergeant · June 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY ROGER FERGUSONSergeant · Panel 57W, Line 9
- PORFIRIO SAM SOLANOStaff Sergeant · Panel 57W, Line 13
- HENRY EUGENE WOOLEYSergeant · Panel 57W, Line 15
From Watsonville
- FRANK JAMES ROSE JRSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- MELESSO GARCIAPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- LOUIS CHARLES MILLERSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- GARY RALPH CARPENTERPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID CHOIPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- WARREN F NICKEL JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- JAMES EVERRETT BELLFireman · June 3, 1968
- HILDEFONSO M RAMIREZCorporal · January 31, 1969
- RAYMOND RODRIGUEZ DELGADOLance Corporal · March 1, 1969
- JOHN DEOGRACIAS INGUILLOStaff Sergeant · June 6, 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.