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WILLIE WHITE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 9, 1948 – September 26, 1967
Service recordWillie White, of Yemassee, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 18
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Yemassee, South Carolina (Beaufort County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 18
- WILLIAM RAYMOND YONGUEFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1967
- LOUIS WILLIAM BELLACH JRCorporal · September 27, 1967
- ELDRIDGE MICHAEL BRUNETSpecialist Four · September 27, 1967
- WISELEE SMITHPetty Officer Third Class · September 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY DALE HATFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 15
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.