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ROBERT RICHARD WHITE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 31, 1947 – June 14, 1968
Service recordRobert Richard White, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 20
- ROYAL CHARLES MANKTechnical Sergeant · June 14, 1968
- DARRELL WAYNE MAYNARDPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
- CRAIG STANLEY MUHICHSpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- ROBERT LAWRENCE RODRICKSergeant · June 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT CLAYPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 16
- JESSE VIRGINIUS HAWK IIIStaff Sergeant · Panel 57W, Line 18
- JAMES LYNWOOD HAWTHORNESpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 18
- STUART OTIS KIEFERSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 19
- KENNETH DOUGLAS SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 21
From Chambersburg
- CHARLES DAVID RAILINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- PIERRE LEROY SULLIVANSpecialist Four · May 2, 1968
- MELVIN GRAYSON EHRHARTSergeant · April 28, 1969
- STEVEN ORLANDO DILESergeant · January 28, 1970
- JAY THOMAS DILLERSergeant · May 6, 1970
- ROGER ALAN BARNHARTLance Corporal · December 12, 1970
- FRED BRYAN ROSENBERRYSergeant · April 3, 1971
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.