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MICHAEL ALAN WHITE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 17, 1949 – June 9, 1969
Service recordMichael Alan White, of El Dorado, Kansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 10
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 17, 1949
- Home of record
- El Dorado, Kansas (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22W, Line 10
- MICHAEL RAYMOND WICKSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- GARY JOHN WINKLERSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- DENNIS STANLEY WOSICKSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- SAMUEL LEE YOUNGSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
From El Dorado
- CRAIG WESLEY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- JAMES EARL TURNERSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- KENNETH DUANE JOHNSONCorporal · August 23, 1969
- STANLEY DEAN CALVINSpecialist Four · February 21, 1970
- WALTER LEE TAYLOR JRSpecialist Four · April 14, 1970
- LENTON EUGENE MIZERWarrant Officer 1 · July 15, 1970
- GLEN JOHNSON TALIAFERROFirst Lieutenant · August 2, 1971
- STEVEN DALE HOWARDCaptain · October 31, 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.