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WILLIAM HENRY WHITE
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 5, 1926 – September 16, 1968
Service recordWilliam Henry White, of Coalinga, California, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 11
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 Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Senior Sergeant (67Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 5, 1926
- Home of record
- Coalinga, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 11
- JOHNNY BEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- ARNOLD BRUCE WIMBERLYStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE ADAMSCorporal · September 17, 1968
- ERNEST JOHN BAYNESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE FRANCIS MCDAVITTCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 7
From Coalinga
- JOSEPH HAROLD ALLENLance Corporal · April 16, 1968
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.