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TIMOTHY CHAMPREAUX WHITE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 18, 1944 – December 23, 1969
Service recordTimothy Champreaux White, of Lafayette, Louisiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 88
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
- Construction Engineer (7110)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 169 ENG BN 159 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- November 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Lafayette, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 88
- EDWARD LEROY ROGERSSergeant First Class · December 23, 1969
- GERALD ROBERT WADESergeant First Class · December 23, 1969
- ROBERT LEONARD WEHUNTCaptain · December 23, 1969
- ALFRED LACY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · December 23, 1969
From Lafayette
- GEORGE PARKER MCKNIGHTCaptain · December 11, 1965
- ROY JAMES RICHARDPrivate · May 29, 1966
- CARROLL JAMES HEBERTPrivate First Class · November 29, 1966
- PATRICK RONALD MURPHYSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- RAY WESLEY RHODUSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- KENNETH JOHN STUTESLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- ARTHUR J DELA HOUSSAYE JRCaptain · January 31, 1968
- THOMAS TRUETT HENSLEYMajor · March 17, 1968
- WALTER ALVIN SOUTHER IIICaptain · June 24, 1968
- HUBERT SINEGAL JRPrivate First Class · January 5, 1969
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.