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DONALD RAY WEBB
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 9, 1948 – October 12, 1968
Service recordDonald Ray Webb, of Grass Valley, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 55
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Grass Valley, California (Nevada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 55
- JAMES LEON THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- JOHN WESLEY VALENTINEPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- MICHAEL LEON WASSERMANPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- JOHN ROBIN WIESTCaptain · October 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN CALVIN MAULDIN JRCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 53
From Grass Valley
- GARY AMES MILLERLance Corporal · June 1, 1966
- DOUGLAS ALFRED RIXStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1967
- ALAN ROBERT HAUGENFirst Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- HARRY LEE THEURKAUFSpecialist Five · June 5, 1968
- KENNETH WESLEY SCURRFirst Lieutenant · May 31, 1969
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.