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TOMMY LEE WHITE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 6, 1948 – April 5, 1966
Service recordTommy Lee White, of Allen Park, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Allen Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 87
- EDWARD MILTON STANCHEKPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- FRANKLIN FLOYD WEAVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- SCOTT TERRY WELBORNEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- FREDERICK ANTHONY WENTZPrivate · April 5, 1966
From Allen Park
- THOMAS RICHARD BRANDHospitalman Apprentice · August 18, 1965
- CLARENCE EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- DONALD FRED SCHAFERSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES VANCELance Corporal · April 4, 1968
- KEVIN EUGENE MOLINECorporal · October 30, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES DEVINSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1968
- MARK ALLAN TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN PENKELance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JOSEPH GEORGE BOWMAN JRSergeant · March 21, 1969
- BRUCE STEWART GIBSONCaptain · September 11, 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.