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JAMES ARTHUR WEBB
Private · U.S. Army
May 12, 1944 – March 2, 1967
Service recordJames Arthur Webb, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 5
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Born
- May 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 5
- LLOYD ISAAC STEPHENSCorporal · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM STRAHLCorporal · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD HENRY TISSIERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- JOSEPH VIERRAPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 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.