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DONALD RAY WEBB
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 11, 1942 – March 9, 1970
Service recordDonald Ray Webb, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 102
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 102
- JOHN PERRY WONERWarrant Officer 1 · March 9, 1970
- WILLIAM ROBERT ALAMED JRPrivate First Class · March 10, 1970
- THEODORE L CADENHEADPrivate First Class · March 10, 1970
- RICHARD JOHN COWELLCaptain · March 10, 1970
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
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.