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MICHAEL LAWRENCE WHITE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 22, 1947 – March 13, 1968
Service recordMichael Lawrence White, of New Berlin, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 43
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 22, 1947
- Home of record
- New Berlin, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 43
- DONALD ELLIOT WESTBROOKColonel · March 13, 1968
- ELSWORTH WILLIFORDStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL WORLEYSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- JUAN DANIEL AGUIARPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- JOHN JACOB GUNTHERSergeant · March 14, 1968
From New Berlin
- JAMES WILLIAMS WASHKUHNLance Corporal · November 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT JANKASpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- GEORGE JOSEPH CARRSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- THOMAS JAMES TOMCZAKSergeant · July 23, 1968
- MICHAEL OWEN MELLONCorporal · August 26, 1968
- ALEC HENRY HORNPrivate First Class · January 16, 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.