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Gregory Lee White
Specialist Five
54TH MED DET, 61ST MED BN, 67TH MED GROUP, 44TH MED BDE, USARV Army of the United States Alder Creek, New York January 03, 1949 to November 11, 1970 GREGORY L WHITE is on the Wall at Panel W6, Line 52 |
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07 Dec 2023
REMEMBEREDSgt. Gregory White was from Alder Creek, a small farming community in New York State. He had five brothers, Fred, James, Dale, Mark and Philip and one sister, Rebecca White. SGT White was a 1967 graduate of Adirondack Central School. Before entering the Army he was employed by the Georgia Pacific Paper Company in Lyons Falls. He was a member of the Boonville Presbyterian Church, the National Rifle Association and was the Assistant Scout Master for Troop 13 in Boonville. He was on his second tour to Vietnam. It is impprtant to note in the story below, SGT White had returned to Vietnam in late 1969, was injured, returned home at some point in 1970 to recover for 30 days after being wounded in an event where he was involved with a helicopter crew on the ground in an Landing Zone and were attacked by uknown size enemy force and he was the only survivor. The Virtual Wall has been unable to determine when and where that event took place. He returned to Vietnam and with only a short time remaining in his service when was killed in a second event. 
SGT Gregory Lee White is buried in Boonville Cemetery, Boonville, Oneida County, New York as were his mother, Georgia Frederica (Yager) White (1918-2001) and father Edwin L. White (1913-2001). 
- - The Virtual Wall, 07 December 2023
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