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LEROY WHITE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 19, 1948 – November 5, 1971
Service recordLeroy White JR, of White Oak, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 62
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 19, 1948
- Home of record
- White Oak, Georgia (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 62
- JOHN DANIEL SHEWMAKE SRSergeant First Class · November 3, 1970
- DAVID WALTER WOODSSergeant · November 3, 1970
- PAUL TRUJILLOPrivate · November 4, 1971
- MARTIN MENDOZA VASQUEZSpecialist Four · November 4, 1971
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.