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DENNIS WADE WEBSTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 17, 1947 – December 31, 1970
Service recordDennis Wade Webster, of Narragansett, Rhode Island, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Narragansett, Rhode Island (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1970; four of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 19
- FREDERICK R FRACIONECorporal · December 31, 1970
- WENDELL LEVERN WALLACEStaff Sergeant · December 31, 1970
- THOMAS HAROLD HUDSONSpecialist Four · January 1, 1971
- JACK EDWARD HYATTPrivate First Class · January 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROY LEE CHANEYPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 16
- RICHARD EUGENE DODDSergeant First Class · Panel 5W, Line 16
- ALFREDO SALAZARSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 18
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.