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JOHN THOMAS WEBSTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 28, 1948 – January 10, 1968
Service recordJohn Thomas Webster, of Burlington, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 26
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Burlington, North Carolina (Alamance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 34E, Line 26
- RICHARD WAYNE SHIVERPrivate · January 10, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES TINGLEYSergeant · January 10, 1968
- GREY H WAGNERSergeant · January 10, 1968
- GLEN ALLEN ZEIGLERSpecialist Four · January 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JIM DANIEL MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 23
From Burlington
- HAROLD LEE GUTHRIESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- JAMES LEROY GRAVESSpecialist Four · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD PULLIAM JRSergeant · July 21, 1966
- KEMPER SWANSON BILLINGSPetty Officer First Class · October 29, 1966
- KENNETH FRANK UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- ROBERT LEE PATE IIIPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- FRANKIE DON WADESpecialist Four · March 25, 1967
- DENNIS LEE HALLPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRAYSecond Lieutenant · October 9, 1967
- FRED REAVES JRSergeant · February 22, 1968
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.