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Dennis WHITE (VETERAN VIET)

Arkansas State Veterans - Birdeye, AR (Wynne, AR) Cemetery
Cross County,
Arkansas

LIEUTENANT COLONEL US Army
Vietnam
August 24, 1946 - April 22, 2017

Dennis W. White, Ph.D., Lt. Colonel U.S. Army Retired, of Jonesboro, Arkansas died April 22, 2017, at the Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock. He was 70 years old.

He was born Aug. 24, 1946, in Prescott, Arkansas to Tom and Maudena White.

He was a graduate of Prescott High School. He attended Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia before transferring to the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville where he graduated with a degree in speech communication in 1969. He accepted a ROTC Commission as a 2nd Lt. in the U.S. Army Armor Branch. He was assigned on active duty to Ft. Campbell, Ky., Ft. Gordon, Ga., Ft. Bragg, N.C., and Vilseck, Germany. He served a combat tour in Vietnam in 1972 with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and 3rd Ordnance Battalion, where he earned the Combat Infantryman Badge. Following active duty he remained in the Army Reserve until his retirement as a Lt. Colonel in 1997 having earned the Meritorious Service Medal, five Army Commendation Medals and two awards of the Army Achievement Medal. He married Vicki Lynn Russell in Fayetteville and earned his master's degree in communications from the University of Arkansas. He accepted a position at Arkansas State as instructor/debate coach with the Department of Speech Communication. After earning his Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, he attained the tenured position of associate professor at A-State and was soon promoted to chairman of the Department of Speech Communication where he served until his retirement in 2007. He was a proud member on various committees, including president of the Faculty Senate. He was a founding board member and deputy director of the Arkansas Military Veterans Hall of Fame. Additionally, he was active in Chapter 26 Jonesboro Disabled American Veterans group. He was also involved as an external liaison officer with the A-State Beck Pride Center.

He was preceded in death by his brother, Billy Tom White; his parents, Tom and Maudena White of Prescott; and grandparents, Clarence and Doshie Bolls and Neal and Ida White, all of Prescott.

He is survived by his wife, Vicki Russell White; daughter, Diana White Corder; and son-in-law, Dallas Corder, all of Jonesboro, along with a wide variety of other loving family and friends.

A memorial service was held at Cornerstone United Methodist Church, with a private military burial in the Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery in Birdeye.
Jonesboro Sun Obits. April 26, 2017

Contributed on 5/24/18 by sandycurry10
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Submitted: 5/24/18 • Approved: 5/26/18 • Last Updated: 5/29/18 • R1224263-G0-S3

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