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RAYMOND AUSTIN WHITE III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 26, 1950 – January 7, 1970
Service recordRaymond Austin White III, of Big Spring, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 10
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Big Spring, Texas (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 10
- OLIVER CLIFTON STAMPSStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1970
- GENE GORDON WELLSStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1970
- CHARLES R WILLARD JRSpecialist Four · January 7, 1970
- FRANK ZYDZIK JRSpecialist Four · January 7, 1970
From Big Spring
- AUGUSTIN CHAVEZ PAREDEZSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LEWIS MCCOY THOMASPrivate First Class · April 14, 1966
- INZAR WILLIAM RACKLEY JRLieutenant Colonel · October 18, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN SPANGLERSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- EDDIE DEAN HOLLANDSWORTHPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- WALTER ROGERS BLALOCKSergeant · March 6, 1967
- GENE VAUGHNLance Corporal · May 2, 1967
- DEAN MOORESpecialist Five · November 22, 1967
- ISMAEL HOLGUINSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- REYNALDO AYALA SANCHEZPrivate First Class · April 22, 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.