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MARK JAMES WEBB
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 7, 1949 – July 20, 1970
Service recordMark James Webb, of Hobart, Indiana, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 36
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Hobart, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 36
- RAYMOND CLARK THOMPSON SRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
- DENNIS RICHARD LEVISSergeant · July 20, 1970
- DAVID JACK MAGNUSONSpecialist Four · July 20, 1970
- LARRY JOE PLETTPrivate First Class · July 20, 1970
- ELOY RUBEN VALLESpecialist Four · July 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EDGAR FRANKLIN CROUSE JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 34
From Hobart
- JOHN WILLIAM LAKECorporal · August 24, 1965
- GORDON SCOTT WILSONMajor · November 22, 1966
- CLIFFORD C BARNETT JRFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1967
- LARRY DANIEL DRAVESPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- FRED W CARPENTERSergeant · June 28, 1967
- STEVEN JAMES MULLETPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JUNIOR R BURNSPlatoon Sergeant · October 16, 1967
- RALF IRVIN SAUNDERSCorporal · November 6, 1967
- CHARLES HUBERT STANLEYFirst Lieutenant · February 27, 1968
- WILLIAM BRACE CAWLEY JRSpecialist Four · March 2, 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.
