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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of David Oneil Webster.

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DAVID ONEIL WEBSTER

Captain · U.S. Air Force

August 12, 1932 – October 4, 1966

Service record

David Oneil Webster, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 4, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 11E · Line 47

Position of Panel 11E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Unit (as recorded)
7 AF
Born
August 12, 1932
Home of record
Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 4, 1966
Age
34
Province
Binh Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

25 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1966; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 11E, Line 47

From Phoenix

All 207 names from Phoenix →

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.