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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of John Charles Weborg.

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JOHN CHARLES WEBORG

Corporal · U.S. Army

January 13, 1944 – January 23, 1967

Service record

John Charles Weborg, of Modesto, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 14E · Line 72

Position of Panel 14E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
9 INF DIV
Born
January 13, 1944
Home of record
Modesto, California (Stanislaus County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 23, 1967
Age
23
Province
Bien Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

19 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 14E, Line 72

Same unit, same day

From Modesto

All 31 names from Modesto →

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.