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MELVIN ELIJAH WHITE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 2, 1947 – June 6, 1969
Service recordMelvin Elijah White, of Windsor, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 94
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 AVN CO 10 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 MAR DIV
- Born
- December 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Windsor, South Carolina (Aiken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 94
- JOHN KIM VOGELSANGPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- ALEX JIM ALVAREZSpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
- ALLEN ROBERT AMBROGISergeant · June 7, 1969
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER ARCHBOLDMajor · June 7, 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.