J.P., age 19, of Huber Heights was a
private first class in the U.S. Army. Pfc. White was serving his
country in the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade
Combat Team. His platoon was deployed to Afghanistan in March. They
were in northeastern Afghanistan when they were attacked and White
with two other comrades died.
J.P. was a 2005 graduate of Wayne High School and was a member of
the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
He was the son of former Logan County residents James P. Sr. and
Robin L. White, now of Huber Heights.
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In addition to his parents and grandparents, J.P. is survived by
a twin sister, Denise, and another sister, April, of Huber Heights,
along with numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
A funeral service was held on Monday at Marker & Heller Funeral
Home, Huber Heights Chapel. Interment is to be in Dayton National
Cemetery.
White is the second soldier with Logan County ties to die in
Operation Enduring Freedom.
Army Staff Sgt. Daniel G. Gresham, 23, of Lincoln died in Iraq on
Feb. 24, 2005, when an explosive device detonated.
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