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SAMUEL MARLAR WHITE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 25, 1947 – June 17, 1969
Service recordSamuel Marlar White JR, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 71
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 71
- FRED EDWARD TRAYLORCorporal · June 17, 1969
- MARVIN LEROI WATSONPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM WITTYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- WALTER WARD BECKERSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS WAYNE MCPHEEPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 67
- WAYNE LOUIS NOTHSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 68
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 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.