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WILLIAM EDMOND WHITE III
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 15, 1947 – January 29, 1968
Service recordWilliam Edmond White III, of Coral Gables, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Coral Gables, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 64
- DANNY A WEBERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1968
- HAROLD HUGH WELCHCorporal · January 29, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD WHITESergeant Major · January 29, 1968
- JOHN PETER ZIELINSKISpecialist Four · January 29, 1968
From Coral Gables
- GEORGE E CHAMBERLIN JRLieutenant Colonel · May 5, 1964
- GARY DOUGLAS HOPPSLieutenant · February 10, 1966
- MANUEL E MESA JRSergeant · April 27, 1967
- JERRY A NORRISSergeant · May 14, 1967
- DOUGLAS GRAHAM MAGRUDERFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1967
- HAROLD S HIGGINBOTHAMPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- ARTHUR ROGER DUKES JRSergeant · July 17, 1968
- JOHN HARLAN SWEETFirst Lieutenant · August 5, 1969
- DAVID DARYL WOOTENSergeant · September 25, 1970
- JAY JOHN FISHBECKSpecialist Five · March 26, 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.