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WILLIAM HENRY WHITE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 6, 1946 – July 23, 1968
Service recordWilliam Henry White, of Chicago Heights, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 46
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pershing Missile Crewmember (15E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago Heights, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 46
- THOMAS JAMES TOMCZAKSergeant · July 23, 1968
- ROY NICHOLAS UEBLER JRWarrant Officer 1 · July 23, 1968
- BRUCE R WENBANSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- RANDY RICHARD WERNIGWarrant Officer 1 · July 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES THOMAS HESSESergeant · Panel 51W, Line 40
- HARKLES LEROY HODGESPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 40
- RICHARD ALLEN MULLINSPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 42
From Chicago Heights
- GARY ADRIAN BARNARDPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- GARY ROBERT WILSONPetty Officer Third Class · September 14, 1967
- JUAN REFUGIO GARCIALance Corporal · June 26, 1968
- JUAN MASILLOPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- JOHN ANTHONY PROMBOFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN BAETZELWarrant Officer 1 · March 21, 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.