World War II Honoree

Theron Newell White

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Wenatchee, Washington

Honored By

Theron Newell White Decker

Relationship

Son

THERON N. WHITE SERVICE NUMBER 0 421 562 ENLISTED PRIVATE COAST ARTILLERY RESERVE CORPS, 24TH OF FEBRUARY 1938 AND WAS APPOINTED SECOND LIEUTENANT, COAST ARTILLERY RESERVE CORPS, 24TH OF JUNE, 1941. HE ACCEPTED 11TH OF JULY 1941 AND ENTERED ON ACTIVE DUTY 3RD OF DECEMBER 1941, AT WHICH TIME THE DATE AND PLACE OF HIS BIRTH WERE RECORDED AS 23RD OF OCTOBER 1914, WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON. LIEUTENANT WHITE SERVED IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS ON UNMAK ISLAND FROM 22ND OF JUNE 1942 TO 6TH OF JUNE 1943. LIEUTENANT WHITE WAS KILLED WHILE ON DUTY ON THE 3RD OF OCTOBER, 1944 AT CAMP MCCOY, WISCONSIN WHILE REVIEWING TROOPS FROM A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE THAT CRASHED NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO CAMP MCCOY.