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CHRISTOPHER C WEBSTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 23, 1947 – August 12, 1969
Service recordChristopher C Webster, of Great Falls, Montana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 26
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Great Falls, Montana (Cascade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 26
- JON TASCHPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- WILLIAM MICHAEL TREADWAYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- CLINTON JAMES WEAVERCorporal · August 12, 1969
- LARRY JAY WHEELERSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID STEPHEN DETERSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 12
- JOSE LUIS FLORESSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 12
- JONATHAN PAUL HASHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 15
- GENE RAYMOND KOSKIStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 16
- SAMUEL ALEXANDER PAPIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 19
- MARCELLO NUNEZ BARRIOSSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 21
- LARRY ROMAN SCHMIDTSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 22
- JOHN JAMES SINCLAIRStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 23
- DON RICHARD SYKESSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 25
- LARRY JAY WHEELERSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 26
From Great Falls
- WILLIAM MURRE CHRISTENSENLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- JOE DAVID KEGLEYPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- ROGER PAUL RICHARDSONCaptain · March 9, 1967
- STEPHEN CARL NELSONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- JOSEPH GORDON KLEMENCICPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- LYLE ALBERT JOHNSONCaptain · October 5, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 13, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANC HENDRICKSONFirst Lieutenant · July 25, 1968
- GLENN CHARLES FISHSergeant · August 27, 1968
- FRANKLIN NEWTON CURLStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.