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ROBERT LEE WHITE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 10, 1947 – October 13, 1967
Service recordRobert Lee White, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 104
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Duty Soldier (57A)
- Born
- June 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 104
- ROBERT CHARLES WINGSpecialist Four · October 13, 1967
- DOUGLAS GENE WINGERTPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- GEORGE MICHAEL BROWNSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.