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WARREN TAYLOR WHITMIRE JR
Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Army
December 2, 1945 – May 1, 1968
Service recordWarren Taylor Whitmire JR, of Fairfax, Virginia, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 43
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Fairfax, Virginia (Fairfax (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 1, 1968
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 53E, Line 43
- MICHAEL MACKIE OBRIENPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- THOMAS MITCHELL WHITEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- CLIFFORD DAN WILLIAMSSergeant · May 1, 1968
- DAN RANDEL YOUMANSStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANTONIO GARCIAPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 31
- DONALD PETER GERVAISMaster Sergeant · Panel 53E, Line 31
- RICHARD D MARTINSergeant First Class · Panel 53E, Line 37
From Fairfax
- ROBERT READE THRUSTON IIIWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1964
- MICHAEL ARLIN BALZERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN FEAGANCorporal · December 21, 1967
- PATRICK AUGUSTINE MCKENNAPetty Officer Second Class · July 15, 1968
- PHILIP JEFFREY TAFTPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- JON MACGILLIVRAY RUMBLELance Corporal · December 26, 1968
- MARTIN L GREEN JRCaptain · May 11, 1969
- BRUCE CARLTON BESSORCaptain · May 13, 1969
- LESLIE LEWIS SHELTONLance Corporal · December 28, 1969
- JOHNNY LEE HAWKINSPrivate First Class · January 4, 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.