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DAVID WEBSTER
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
July 1, 1929 – March 10, 1963
Service recordDavid Webster, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 10, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 19
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Born
- July 1, 1929
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1963
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1963. In March 1963, 6 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 19
- CRAIG BENTON WOLFORDSergeant First Class · February 14, 1963
- CHARLES WAYMAN MCCARYPrivate · February 24, 1963
- ODES WINSTON JEFFERSSpecialist Five · February 28, 1963
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
From Arlington
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- CHARLES LATTIMORE JRSergeant · April 11, 1967
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.