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NATHAN MONROE WHITE
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 19, 1928 – December 6, 1967
Service recordNathan Monroe White, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 6, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- November 19, 1928
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 55
- RICHARD WILLIAM VAUGHNSecond Lieutenant · December 6, 1967
- BERT VELEZCorporal · December 6, 1967
- JAMES LEE WADE JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- TEDDY GENE WHITTONSpecialist Five · December 6, 1967
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 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.