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ROBERT LEE WHITE
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 20, 1929 – January 29, 1965
Service recordRobert Lee White, of Willow Springs, Missouri, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 20, 1929
- Home of record
- Willow Springs, Missouri (Howell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1965
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1965. In January 1965, 18 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 84
- ALFRED ALLEN FRYESergeant · January 27, 1965
- GEORGE FREDERICK VLISIDESMajor · January 27, 1965
- JOSEPH KENNETH L BELANGERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DAVID CRAIG IIISpecialist Five · February 7, 1965
From Willow Springs
- ARLIE RAY COLLINSSpecialist Four · April 13, 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.