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FREDERICK CARL WEBBER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 5, 1947 – February 25, 1968
Service recordFrederick Carl Webber, of Williamson, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 32
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Williamson, New York (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 32
- LARRY JOSH TYLERLance Corporal · February 25, 1968
- ALBERT WARDSergeant · February 25, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE WHITAKERCorporal · February 25, 1968
- GEORGE DAVID WHITELAWCorporal · February 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD FRANCIS TRACYSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 31
From Williamson
- FRANK KRECLance Corporal · March 2, 1968
- RICHARD LEE MALONELance Corporal · March 20, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD CROWLEYSpecialist Four · August 10, 1970
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.