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Casualty Info
Home Town St Paul, MN
Last Address White Bear Lake, MN
Casualty Date Sep 02, 1945
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii
Wall/Plot Coordinates Court 2 (cenotaph)
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
LTJG White was serving as the rear seat gunner aboard a TBM-1C Avenger piloted by LT George Bush on September 2, 1944. The plane experienced problems when hit by anti-aircraft fire and LT Bush ordered the crew (LTJG White and ARM2 J L Deleaney) to abandon the aircraft. Only two of the men got out of the plane - LT Bush and one other - and it is unknown which other crew member that was. That man's parachute failed to open and the other man went down with the plane. LTJG White's remains were never recovered and he was later declared dead.
Comments/Citation:
Service number: 210562
The information contained in this profile was compiled from various internet sources.
Name: William Gardner White Gender: Male Race: White Age: 22 Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head) Birth Place: St Paul, Minnesota, USA Birth Date: 25 Feb 1918 Residence Place: St Paul, Minnesota, USA Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940 Employer: Yale University Student Weight: 160 Complexion: Light Eye Color: Brown Hair Color: Brown Height: 5 11 Next of Kin: Wr Edwin White
