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RICHARD JOSEPH WHITE
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 27, 1947 – August 24, 1969
Service recordRichard Joseph White, of International Falls, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 110
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1947
- Home of record
- International Falls, Minnesota (Koochiching County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 110
- RICHARD ALLEN ANDERSONLance Corporal · August 24, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL SKOGERBOESecond Lieutenant · August 24, 1969
- BOBBY LEE TARTERChief Warrant Officer 3 · August 24, 1969
- JOHN RANDALL ZIMMERMANCorporal · August 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FRANK GOLLIDAYCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 107
- LENARD F MOEGGENBORGCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 107
From International Falls
- BARNEY KAATZSergeant First Class · April 6, 1962
- STEVEN OWEN SCHULTZPetty Officer Third Class · July 23, 1966
- ANTON PROSZEK JRSpecialist Five · April 27, 1967
- RICARD THOMAS BUNNISLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM NICHOLS JRSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- JERRY ALLEN LONGTINEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- EARL MERRILL DENEENSergeant · April 27, 1969
- JOHN MARVIN STENBERGPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
- WOODROW JOHNSEN EWALD JRCorporal · September 11, 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.