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STEVEN RUDOLPH WHITE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 20, 1951 – March 13, 1971
Service recordSteven Rudolph White, of Washington, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 45
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1951
- Home of record
- Washington, Indiana (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 45
- JAMES STEVEN MCGOUGHSpecialist Four · February 8, 1971
- ALVIN ADIKAI JRPrivate First Class · March 14, 1971
- JOE LYNN AVANTSpecialist Five · March 14, 1971
- ROCCO DIPHILLIPOSergeant · March 14, 1971
- BOBBY JENE FIELDSSpecialist Five · March 14, 1971
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 43
- NEAL STEVEN CROWDERSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 43
- WILLIAM JOHN HAMMERSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 44
- EDDIE WAYNE VENCILLSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 44
- JAMES CRAIG WARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 44
From Washington
- ALVIN RICHARD WOODS JRWarrant Officer 1 · December 31, 1965
- JOHN ROY CHAPMANLieutenant · April 3, 1967
- DAVID EUGENE PADGETTMajor · February 6, 1969
- JOHN EMERY DAYTONSergeant First Class · May 7, 1970
- TIMOTHY JAMES LYNCHSpecialist Four · August 16, 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.