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RICHARD NEAL WHITE
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 30, 1946 – May 25, 1969
Service recordRichard Neal White, of Golden Valley, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Golden Valley, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 109
- LEROY CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- JOHN WINTERSLance Corporal · May 25, 1969
- MERRILL BARNESSergeant First Class · May 26, 1969
- TIMOTHY K FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD JAMES DEEVERSPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 102
- WAYNE ERIC GARVENCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 102
- JOHN PRESTON KARRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 104
- BILLY LEE THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 108
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.