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ROBERT RANDOLPH WHITE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 19, 1947 – April 22, 1968
Service recordRobert Randolph White JR, of Thomson, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Thomson, Georgia (Mcduffie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 34
- JOHNNY SALAS TAITAGUESpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- THURMAN TRACY WALLSCorporal · April 22, 1968
- EDWARD EUGENE WHALENPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- WALTER RIDGEWAY WINDER JRSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY SALAS TAITAGUESpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 34
From Thomson
- THOMAS FRANKLIN CASEColonel · May 31, 1966
- FRED D HARTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- HAROLD JEROME CRAWFORDSergeant · June 11, 1969
- WILLIE EDWARD MACKLance Corporal · June 10, 1970
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.