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MAUSE JOSEPH LEWIS WHITE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 30, 1951 – April 8, 1971
Service recordMause Joseph Lewis White, of Ft Thompson, South Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 113
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1951
- Home of record
- Ft Thompson, South Dakota (Buffalo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 113
- CHARLES F THOMAS IVCaptain · April 8, 1971
- ALLAN FRANCIS WILKINSSpecialist Four · April 8, 1971
- LEVI JAMES WILSONSpecialist Four · April 8, 1971
- MATT JOHN WODARCZYKChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 8, 1971
From Ft Thompson
- ALVIN RICHARD SPIDERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
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.