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MICHAEL DALE WHITE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 2, 1948 – September 5, 1968
Service recordMichael Dale White, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 46
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 46
- DAVID DOUGLAS SIEGELCorporal · September 5, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL TURKSpecialist Five · September 5, 1968
- TERRY CHIP WELTYSpecialist Four · September 5, 1968
- EUGENE WESLEY WICKERCorporal · September 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLEE ANDREW KIRKENDOLLPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 42
- ALLEN WAYNE OREMPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 43
- DAVID ALAN REEDPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 44
- ROBERT JOSEPH WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 47
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.