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ROOSEVELT WHITE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 4, 1949 – May 8, 1968
Service recordRoosevelt White, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 12
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 12
- ROBERT EUGENE WHITTENSergeant · May 8, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE ADOLFLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- GEORGE VERNON AIREY JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- ALBERT KAIWI AKAMUSergeant First Class · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ESTEN ABBOTT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 34
- GREG ALAN DUBOISPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 1
- ELLIS LOVINE FAIRCLOTHSpecialist Five · Panel 57E, Line 2
- NORMAND EDWARD FONTAINESpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 2
- MICHAEL JOSEPH FORDICorporal · Panel 57E, Line 3
- RICHARD GONZALEZSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 3
- JOHN FRANCIS MORANSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 6
- JOHN WILLIAM VIKTORYN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 11
From Jackson
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
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.