Summary
David White, age 19, was identified in January 1974 as a Lansing Shoal Light Station crew member rescued near Garden Island after an attempted New Year’s Eve trip to Beaver Island.
Evidence and limits
The source gives no full civil identity, service history, or explanation of the “FA” rank/rating abbreviation. The circa 1954 birth year is derived from the reported age and is not a birth record.
See also
- Rescue of Lansing Shoal Light Station crew members (1973–1974)
- Lansing Shoal Light Station (1974 source record)
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, January 1974, “Men Against The Sea.”Names David White, age 19 and identified with the rank/rating “FA,” as one of two Lansing Shoal Light Station crew members rescued after their boat became trapped in drift ice; the circa 1954 birth year is age-derived.