WHITE, DANFORTH ELLITHORNE (some records show EllithorPE)
REMAINS RETURNED and ID'd 06/24/98
Name: Danforth Ellithorne White
Branch/Rank: United States Navy/O5
Unit:
Date of Birth: 17 June 1930
Home City of Record: STATE COLLEGE PA
Date of Loss: 31 March 1969
Country of Loss: LAOS
Loss Coordinates: 173958 North 1050957 East
Status (in 1973): Killed In Action/Body Not Recovered
Category: 2
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: FA5C
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident: Ramey Carpenter, KIA/BNR
Refno: 1420
Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File. 2020
REMARKS: KHAMMOUANE - 5 miles NW of NHOMMARATH
CACCF/CRASH/PILOT/14 YRS UNITED STATES NAVY
No further information available at this time.
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06/24/98
The Armed Forces Identification Review Board (AFIRB) has very recently
finalized approval of five identifications recommend by the Central
identification Laboratory (CILHI). Those announced as accounted for include
Commander Danforth E. White, USN, and Lt. Commander Captain Ramey L.
Carpenter, USN, missing since March 31, 1969, in Laos and Major William H.
Condit, Jr., and Lt. Terry M. Reed, both USAF, missing since June 23, 1969, in
South Vietnam. The remains of Commander White Lt. Commander Carpenter were
jointly recovered in Laos on March 3, 1997. The remains of Major Condit and
Lt. Reed were jointly recovered in south Vietnam on November 29, 1994. The
remains of one additional American, jointly recovered in South Vietnam on May
6, 1988, were also identified, but his family requested that his name not be
released.
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Library of Congress Files:
LA: CDR Danforth Ellithorpe White, USN, 594691/1310 and [Name] USNR,
690122/1325, Missing in Action: Report of Circumstances and Recommendations
Concerning
Country: LA
Name: Danforth E. White
Subjects: Aircraft downed; Missing; Crash site; Killed
Reel: 180
Page: 68-72D
Type of Document: Letter
Date of Report: 69 04 15
Date of Information: 69 03 31
Originator: USS Enterprise (CVAN-65)
Category: Casualty files
LA: CDR Danforth Ellithorpe White, USN (Deceased); Release of Information in
Case of/ Memo Traffic Between NMPC, DIA, JCRC, and CILHI
Country: LA
Name: Danforth E. White
Subjects: Killed; Aircraft downed; Crash site; Khammouan Province
Comments: Includes names of additional unaccounted for personnel.
Reel: 180
Page: 114-124
Type of Document: Memorandum
Date of Report: 86 00 00
Date of Information: 69 03 31
Category: Casualty files
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02/2020
https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000000ukCuDEAU
On July 9, 1998, the Joint Task Force–Full Accounting (JTF-FA,
now DPAA) identified the remains of Commander Danforth
Ellithorpe White, missing from the Vietnam War.
Commander White entered the U.S. Navy from Pennsylvania and was
a member of Reconnaissance Heavy Attack Squadron 6, Carrier Air
Wing 9. On March 31, 1969, he piloted an RA-5C Vigilante (bureau
number 150842, call sign "Field Goal 604") that launched from
the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) on a combat reconnaissance mission
over Laos. While positioning the aircraft for a run at the
target, CDR White's RA-5C exploded in midair for unknown
reasons. The aircraft crashed and burned at the base of a ridge
and CDR White was killed in the crash. His remains could not be
recovered at the time. In 1997, a joint U.S./Laotian team
investigated the crash site and recovered human remains, and
modern forensics techniques identified CDR White from among the
remains recovered.
Commander White is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at
the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
If you are a family member of this serviceman, you may contact your casualty office representative to learn more about your service member.