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STEPHEN OMEARA WHITE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 23, 1947 – December 30, 1968
Service recordStephen Omeara White, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 10
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35W, Line 10
- RONALD LAWRENCE SHATTUCKSergeant · December 30, 1968
- MARK ANDREW SMENYAKPrivate First Class · December 30, 1968
- ROGER DALE SPRINKLEPrivate First Class · December 30, 1968
- REYNALDO ARENASSpecialist Four · December 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ELTON BRADLEY COLLINSCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 8
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.