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MELVIN RICHARD WHITE
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 18, 1938 – June 27, 1968
Service recordMelvin Richard White, of Everett, Washington, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 7
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 18, 1938
- Home of record
- Everett, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 7
- VINCENT FRANK GIAMMARINOSergeant First Class · June 27, 1968
- JAMES HOUSTON ROULETTSpecialist Five · June 27, 1968
- MICHAEL EARL WALKERCorporal · June 27, 1968
- JAMES BENJAMIN WHITTIERPrivate · June 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ELTON STANTON STALLSSpecialist Five · Panel 54W, Line 5
- BENNIE EDWARD HODGESSergeant First Class · Panel 54W, Line 6
- JAMES HOUSTON ROULETTSpecialist Five · Panel 54W, Line 7
From Everett
- PAUL HERBERT EKLUNDSecond Lieutenant · November 19, 1965
- PATRICK MICHAEL DOYLELance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- BILLIE DWAINE LANDERSStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
- ROBERT LAYMON ARMITAGEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- RONALD DAVID HARTSpecialist Four · February 17, 1967
- JOE PAUL LARSENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN WAGNER JRSergeant · May 19, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY PEARSONCaptain · June 11, 1967
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DAWSONSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- RICKY PALMER MATTERNWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 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.