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DONALD WEBB
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1942 – January 16, 1966
Service recordDonald Webb, of Genoa, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Genoa, West Virginia (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 76
- DON CHARLES WOODColonel · January 16, 1966
- WILLIAM CUTSHAWPrivate First Class · January 17, 1966
- SALVADOR REDILLA DULAYLance Corporal · January 17, 1966
- LARRY FLEMING JRCorporal · January 17, 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.