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TOMMY RYAN WHITE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 10, 1947 – May 12, 1966
Service recordTommy Ryan White, of Kennett, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 56
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Kennett, Missouri (Dunklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1966; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 56
- ALLEN THOMAS WHEATONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DALLAS CLYDE YOUNG JRSergeant · May 12, 1966
- DAVID LEROY BRUNSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1966
- MELVIN GLENN CORMIERSergeant · May 13, 1966
From Kennett
- FRANKIE LEON PRIESTSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- JIMMY DALE MOODYPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- BOGARD LAFAYETTE FLOYDStaff Sergeant · March 16, 1968
- CHARLES S KIRKLAND JRLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- STEPHEN DUANE WOODPetty Officer First Class · October 7, 1968
- DENNIE LYNN CARNETTSergeant · May 24, 1970
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.