In Memory of ...... SP4 Junior Lee Whittle.
*** Specialist, Fourth Class Whittle was a member of the 630th Ordnance Company. On September 24, 1966, he went swimming in an area off Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam and drowned. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
JUNIOR LEE WHITTLE - Army - SP4 - E4
Age: 18
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Nov 8, 1947
From: INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Religion: PRESBYTERIAN
Marital Status: Married - Luana Whittle Alexander and they had a baby Son, Anthony Whittle. Sister, Shirley Miles of Ind., IN (Sandy), of Indianapolis, IN.
Parents: Father, , and Mother, Alice Ferrel of Indianapolis, IN.
***** Family would like info concerning MIA status. If you were there please contact [email protected]
Family would like to know what really happened, so that maybe we can finally find closure. We are still loving and missing him.
Luana Whittle Alexander
He is my husband
***** He always talked about his new born baby that he never got to see. By Lowell (Art)Williams
***** R.I.P. Junior. I remember that day when the Green Car came to your mother's Home with the sad news. It was like a piece of everyone that knew you died that day.
- C. Scott
Added: Aug. 25, 2013
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Sep 24, 1966
Casualty was on Sep 24, 1966
In , SOUTH VIETNAM
NON-HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E4
Rank: Specialist Four
ID No: 16815666
MOS: 55B20: Ammunition Specialist
Length Service: 01
Unit: 630TH ORD CO, 184TH ORD BN, ARMY SPT CMD QUI NHON, 1ST LOG CMD, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 10/15/1965
Incident Date: 09/24/1966
Casualty Date: 09/24/1966
Age at Loss: 18
Location: Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body not recovered
Casualty Type: Non-hostile, died of other causes
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Drowned or suffocated
DROWNED, SUFFOCATED
Body was not recovered
Panel 11E - Line 11
Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing)
SP4 Junior Lee Whittle was assigned to the 630th Ordinance Company in Vietnam.
On September 24, 1966, he and his unit were swimming in an area off Tuy Hoa. Whittle asked another man in his unit to go in with him as he was not a good swimmer.
Both men entered the water, and were about 200 feet from shore when Whittle began calling for help.
Whittle's friend swam toward him and was only four or five feet from him when Whittle went under the water. By this time, several people from shore were swimming out to them to help. Neither they nor the friend were able to rescue Whittle.
Searches were conducted throughout the rest of the day and night using flood lights, helicopters and boats, but Whittle was never found.
Junior Lee Whittle is listed among the missing because his body was never found.
*******************************
.
*** Specialist, Fourth Class Whittle was a member of the 630th Ordnance Company. On September 24, 1966, he went swimming in an area off Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam and drowned. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
JUNIOR LEE WHITTLE - Army - SP4 - E4
Age: 18
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Nov 8, 1947
From: INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Religion: PRESBYTERIAN
Marital Status: Married - Luana Whittle Alexander and they had a baby Son, Anthony Whittle. Sister, Shirley Miles of Ind., IN (Sandy), of Indianapolis, IN.
Parents: Father, , and Mother, Alice Ferrel of Indianapolis, IN.
***** Family would like info concerning MIA status. If you were there please contact [email protected]
Family would like to know what really happened, so that maybe we can finally find closure. We are still loving and missing him.
Luana Whittle Alexander
He is my husband
***** He always talked about his new born baby that he never got to see. By Lowell (Art)Williams
***** R.I.P. Junior. I remember that day when the Green Car came to your mother's Home with the sad news. It was like a piece of everyone that knew you died that day.
- C. Scott
Added: Aug. 25, 2013
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Sep 24, 1966
Casualty was on Sep 24, 1966
In , SOUTH VIETNAM
NON-HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E4
Rank: Specialist Four
ID No: 16815666
MOS: 55B20: Ammunition Specialist
Length Service: 01
Unit: 630TH ORD CO, 184TH ORD BN, ARMY SPT CMD QUI NHON, 1ST LOG CMD, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 10/15/1965
Incident Date: 09/24/1966
Casualty Date: 09/24/1966
Age at Loss: 18
Location: Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body not recovered
Casualty Type: Non-hostile, died of other causes
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Drowned or suffocated
DROWNED, SUFFOCATED
Body was not recovered
Panel 11E - Line 11
Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing)
SP4 Junior Lee Whittle was assigned to the 630th Ordinance Company in Vietnam.
On September 24, 1966, he and his unit were swimming in an area off Tuy Hoa. Whittle asked another man in his unit to go in with him as he was not a good swimmer.
Both men entered the water, and were about 200 feet from shore when Whittle began calling for help.
Whittle's friend swam toward him and was only four or five feet from him when Whittle went under the water. By this time, several people from shore were swimming out to them to help. Neither they nor the friend were able to rescue Whittle.
Searches were conducted throughout the rest of the day and night using flood lights, helicopters and boats, but Whittle was never found.
Junior Lee Whittle is listed among the missing because his body was never found.
*******************************
.
In Memory of ...... SP4 Junior Lee Whittle.
*** Specialist, Fourth Class Whittle was a member of the 630th Ordnance Company. On September 24, 1966, he went swimming in an area off Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam and drowned. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
JUNIOR LEE WHITTLE - Army - SP4 - E4
Age: 18
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Nov 8, 1947
From: INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Religion: PRESBYTERIAN
Marital Status: Married - Luana Whittle Alexander and they had a baby Son, Anthony Whittle. Sister, Shirley Miles of Ind., IN (Sandy), of Indianapolis, IN.
Parents: Father, , and Mother, Alice Ferrel of Indianapolis, IN.
***** Family would like info concerning MIA status. If you were there please contact [email protected]
Family would like to know what really happened, so that maybe we can finally find closure. We are still loving and missing him.
Luana Whittle Alexander
He is my husband
***** He always talked about his new born baby that he never got to see. By Lowell (Art)Williams
***** R.I.P. Junior. I remember that day when the Green Car came to your mother's Home with the sad news. It was like a piece of everyone that knew you died that day.
- C. Scott
Added: Aug. 25, 2013
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Sep 24, 1966
Casualty was on Sep 24, 1966
In , SOUTH VIETNAM
NON-HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E4
Rank: Specialist Four
ID No: 16815666
MOS: 55B20: Ammunition Specialist
Length Service: 01
Unit: 630TH ORD CO, 184TH ORD BN, ARMY SPT CMD QUI NHON, 1ST LOG CMD, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 10/15/1965
Incident Date: 09/24/1966
Casualty Date: 09/24/1966
Age at Loss: 18
Location: Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body not recovered
Casualty Type: Non-hostile, died of other causes
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Drowned or suffocated
DROWNED, SUFFOCATED
Body was not recovered
Panel 11E - Line 11
Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing)
SP4 Junior Lee Whittle was assigned to the 630th Ordinance Company in Vietnam.
On September 24, 1966, he and his unit were swimming in an area off Tuy Hoa. Whittle asked another man in his unit to go in with him as he was not a good swimmer.
Both men entered the water, and were about 200 feet from shore when Whittle began calling for help.
Whittle's friend swam toward him and was only four or five feet from him when Whittle went under the water. By this time, several people from shore were swimming out to them to help. Neither they nor the friend were able to rescue Whittle.
Searches were conducted throughout the rest of the day and night using flood lights, helicopters and boats, but Whittle was never found.
Junior Lee Whittle is listed among the missing because his body was never found.
*******************************
.
*** Specialist, Fourth Class Whittle was a member of the 630th Ordnance Company. On September 24, 1966, he went swimming in an area off Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam and drowned. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
JUNIOR LEE WHITTLE - Army - SP4 - E4
Age: 18
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Nov 8, 1947
From: INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Religion: PRESBYTERIAN
Marital Status: Married - Luana Whittle Alexander and they had a baby Son, Anthony Whittle. Sister, Shirley Miles of Ind., IN (Sandy), of Indianapolis, IN.
Parents: Father, , and Mother, Alice Ferrel of Indianapolis, IN.
***** Family would like info concerning MIA status. If you were there please contact [email protected]
Family would like to know what really happened, so that maybe we can finally find closure. We are still loving and missing him.
Luana Whittle Alexander
He is my husband
***** He always talked about his new born baby that he never got to see. By Lowell (Art)Williams
***** R.I.P. Junior. I remember that day when the Green Car came to your mother's Home with the sad news. It was like a piece of everyone that knew you died that day.
- C. Scott
Added: Aug. 25, 2013
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Sep 24, 1966
Casualty was on Sep 24, 1966
In , SOUTH VIETNAM
NON-HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E4
Rank: Specialist Four
ID No: 16815666
MOS: 55B20: Ammunition Specialist
Length Service: 01
Unit: 630TH ORD CO, 184TH ORD BN, ARMY SPT CMD QUI NHON, 1ST LOG CMD, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 10/15/1965
Incident Date: 09/24/1966
Casualty Date: 09/24/1966
Age at Loss: 18
Location: Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body not recovered
Casualty Type: Non-hostile, died of other causes
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Drowned or suffocated
DROWNED, SUFFOCATED
Body was not recovered
Panel 11E - Line 11
Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing)
SP4 Junior Lee Whittle was assigned to the 630th Ordinance Company in Vietnam.
On September 24, 1966, he and his unit were swimming in an area off Tuy Hoa. Whittle asked another man in his unit to go in with him as he was not a good swimmer.
Both men entered the water, and were about 200 feet from shore when Whittle began calling for help.
Whittle's friend swam toward him and was only four or five feet from him when Whittle went under the water. By this time, several people from shore were swimming out to them to help. Neither they nor the friend were able to rescue Whittle.
Searches were conducted throughout the rest of the day and night using flood lights, helicopters and boats, but Whittle was never found.
Junior Lee Whittle is listed among the missing because his body was never found.
*******************************
.
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