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ROBERT WAYNE WHITE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 24, 1947 – January 10, 1967
Service recordRobert Wayne White, of Grant, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 10, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 8
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Grant, Alabama (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1967; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 8
- CURTIS MALROY VOSSSecond Lieutenant · January 10, 1967
- ALAN D WHITLOCKPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- TIMOTHY DALE BERRYLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT BURNETTLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
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.