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RANDALL RAY WHITE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 8, 1948 – June 3, 1969
Service recordRandall Ray White, of La Grange, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 60
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 8, 1948
- Home of record
- La Grange, Georgia (Troup County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 60
- CHARLES VALEFirst Lieutenant · June 3, 1969
- CLEMENT VALENCIA JRPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- GREGORY RAYMOND VOGLERSpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
- RICHARD WAYNE WATSONCaptain · June 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY DEAN CUMBEESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 51
- LAWRENCE ANDREW FANELLASergeant · Panel 23W, Line 52
- SAMMY LOUIS MEAD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 54
- LONNIE DEAN MOORECorporal · Panel 23W, Line 55
- LARRY DEAN MCKENZIESergeant · Panel 23W, Line 56
- RODDIE LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 56
- BILLIE WAYNE REEDPrivate · Panel 23W, Line 57
- JOHN RAYMOND TAYLORCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 59
From La Grange
- GRADY KEITH EMBREYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1965
- LAWRENCE DAVID KESLERSpecialist Four · June 25, 1966
- MARVIN HARRISSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD PRESSLEYSergeant · April 1, 1967
- LEONARD HOWARD SMITHLance Corporal · April 25, 1967
- JOHNNY STEVE ROTTONPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- BENNIE LOUIS MARTINSergeant · February 14, 1968
- THOMAS MITCHELL WHITEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- HOLLIS RONNEY NORRIDSergeant · July 1, 1968
- HERMAN DAVID ROBINSONCorporal · August 24, 1968
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.