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EARL RAY WEBB JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 23, 1949 – June 3, 1970
Service recordEarl Ray Webb JR, of Newark, Delaware, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 6
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Newark, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1970; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 6
- BUSTER LEROY SCOTTPrivate First Class · June 3, 1970
- RODERICK KENNETH TOLBERTSergeant · June 3, 1970
- BILL GENE WILLIAMSSergeant · June 3, 1970
- HOWARD LANIER WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD MICHAEL DUGANSpecialist Five · Panel 9W, Line 4
From Newark
- DOUGLAS DWIGHT ALLEYPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ARTHUR CYRUS MORRIS JRSergeant · April 3, 1966
- LAWRENCE LEE LASALLECorporal · March 17, 1967
- JON JAMES HAYDENConstructionman · August 16, 1967
- FRANCIS BRADFORD AMOROSOCorporal · September 3, 1967
- ROBERT W DIEFFENBACH JRSpecialist Four · October 18, 1968
- ALAN GWINN GEISSINGERPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
- RICHARD ALAN BOWMANCorporal · June 9, 1970
- MICHAEL RAYMOND DADISMANSpecialist Four · June 24, 1970
- CHARLES RICHARD ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1971
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.