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WILLIAM JOSEPH WHITE JR
Captain · U.S. Army
February 19, 1944 – May 27, 1970
Service recordWilliam Joseph White JR, of Orange, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Orange, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 111
- ANDREW PAUL SUSISpecialist Four · May 27, 1970
- WAYNE LEROY YINGER JRCorporal · May 27, 1970
- JOHN ROYLE ANDERSSergeant · May 28, 1970
- ALAN BEDROCKCorporal · May 28, 1970
From Orange
- JOHN MICHAEL PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- MICHAEL WALTER KOLEMAINENPrivate First Class · October 31, 1966
- BOBBY WESTSergeant · January 21, 1968
- RAYMOND NELSON CURLEYSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- KENNETH TILDEN RABEYSergeant · March 16, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR ROSENBERGERSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- GARY ALAN STADINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN WAYSACKCorporal · May 9, 1968
- RUSSELL UDELL WESTLance Corporal · May 23, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES TODDPrivate · November 1, 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.