Born October 20, 1927 Los Angeles, Ca

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"On Nov. 15, 1969, about 20 miles south of Vung Tau, White's Army OV-1 Mohawk surveillance plane was hit by ground fire."

"He and a Navy observer, Lt. Cmdr John Graf, ejected, Sailors aboard a Navy ship reported seeing the parachutes."

"That was the last official knowledge of White and Graf for 3 1/2 years. Neither man's name showed up on official lists of prisoners provided to U. S. officials, according to news reports at the time. White's wife was told only that he was missing. Pentagon records still list Graf as missing."

"All I can say is he was alive when he hit the ground. White said. The pair was captured almost immediately."

"White said he suffered a compression fracture in his back when he ejected. And just before we were captured, I took hand-grenade shrapnel to the back of the head, White said."

"His wounds were never treated, White said, and he doesn't know if Graf was inured. Graf was taken away a few weeks later, and that was the last White saw of him, he said."

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