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MICHAEL DEAN WEBB
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 26, 1947 – July 6, 1969
Service recordMichael Dean Webb, of Marion, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 73
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Marion, North Carolina (Mcdowell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 73
- LEROY WARDPrivate · July 6, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH ZELENKASpecialist Five · July 6, 1969
- JAMES WAYNE BEDELLCorporal · July 7, 1969
- DAVID LARRY BONESTEELSergeant · July 7, 1969
From Marion
- JOHN EDWARD MCMAHANPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- GETER ALFRED HENSLEYPetty Officer Second Class · November 12, 1967
- JERRY WILLIAM GILLIANDSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL POTEATStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1968
- DWIGHT EDGAR MOONEYSergeant · August 8, 1968
- BILL FRED WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
- JAMES ALEX JENKINSCorporal · May 20, 1969
- JERRY LANE GREENESpecialist Five · November 26, 1969
- HAROLD DEAN HOLLIFIELDCorporal · August 14, 1970
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.