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SYLVAIN LARRY WHITE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 25, 1947 – May 27, 1968
Service recordSylvain Larry White, of Vine Grove, Kentucky, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 4
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Vine Grove, Kentucky (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- 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 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 4
- RICARDO YBARRAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- JOHN CURTIS YOUNGLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE KENNETH ARTHURPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- MOSES JUNE BACOTELance Corporal · May 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARD BAGLINISpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 4
- JOHN PAUL EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 6
- THOMAS HILL GOODMAN JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 65W, Line 8
- RUBEN LEE HORTONPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 9
- MICHAEL EUGENE LUDWIGPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 11
- THOMAS HAROLD NERINIPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 12
- OLLIE LESLIE SAULS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 1
- RONALD RAY WALLACESergeant · Panel 64W, Line 3
From Vine Grove
- DOUGLAS ANDREW JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- JOSEPH EDWARD GREENWELLFirst Lieutenant · January 29, 1969
- MARION DAVID POWELLPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- JOSEPH LARRY ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · April 7, 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.