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MARVIN RAY WHITE
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 23, 1946 – April 29, 1967
Service recordMarvin Ray White, of Rochester, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Rochester, Indiana (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 117
- DOUGLAS DELANO WALLACEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- EDWIN APONTELance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- KENNETH CHARLES APPLEGATESpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
- JOHN BURDETTE APPLETONLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
From Rochester
- JAMES ROBERT UTTERSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR BALLINGERCorporal · January 31, 1968
- JOSEPH LORAN NUNNSergeant · April 25, 1970
- CARL DAVID JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 11, 1972
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.