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WILLIAM SAMPSON WHITE
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 29, 1945 – July 22, 1967
Service recordWilliam Sampson White, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Supply Handler (56A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 108
- CURTIS RAY MCLAWHORNSergeant · July 22, 1967
- HEINZ ARNOLD TAPIOSergeant · July 22, 1967
- CHARLES ARTHUR BARRETT IIFirst Lieutenant · July 23, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN BEHRNSLance Corporal · July 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAULINO GUTIERREZ LOPEZPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 106
- WILLIAM B BROWNSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 107
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.