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JOHNNY ROBERT WEBB
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 9, 1944 – April 18, 1968
Service recordJohnny Robert Webb, of Chanute, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 43
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Chanute, Kansas (Neosho County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 43
- ERNEST VETTER JRPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- FREDERICK DEVILLA WESCOTTStaff Sergeant · April 18, 1968
- REGINALD WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- GROVER C WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · April 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD LYLE FOXSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 38
- ARNOLD PAIRISStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 40
- GARY EDWARD RUSHASpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 42
From Chanute
- WILLIAM LEE SCHULTZCaptain · October 8, 1966
- GARY KELVIN STANFIELDSpecialist Four · September 14, 1969
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.