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JOHN FRIEL WEBB
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 27, 1950 – September 2, 1971
Service recordJohn Friel Webb, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 9
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 9
- HIGINIO RODRIGUEZ TORRESSpecialist Four · September 2, 1971
- JOSE ENRIQUE ZAYASSpecialist Five · September 2, 1971
- JAMES ANTHONY MARESHSergeant · September 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD RUSS JRSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 8
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 1967
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.