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MICHAEL JAMES WHITE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 1, 1949 – January 21, 1969
Service recordMichael James White, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 55
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1949
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 55
- JOHN WESLEY VOWLESPrivate First Class · January 21, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH WILEYPrivate · January 21, 1969
- CHARLES HASKELL AYRESFirst Lieutenant · January 22, 1969
- ROGER CARL BANGERTCorporal · January 22, 1969
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.