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STANLEY DEAN WHITE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 16, 1945 – January 3, 1969
Service recordStanley Dean White, of Charles City, Iowa, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Charles City, Iowa (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 29
- LARRY RANDALL MCPHERSONSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- MOISES A REYES JRSpecialist Five · January 3, 1969
- KENNETH LARMAR SHERMANPrivate First Class · January 3, 1969
- DENNIS JOHN STANLEYSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN VICTOR COUTURESpecialist Five · Panel 35W, Line 25
- WAYMON CLAY ELRODCaptain · Panel 35W, Line 26
From Charles City
- DENNIS ALLEN CARLSONPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- DAVID LEE MEYERStaff Sergeant · January 11, 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.