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NORVELL JOHNATHAN WEBB
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 8, 1949 – July 12, 1968
Service recordNorvell Johnathan Webb, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 21
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 21
- JOHN LEON ABRAMSLieutenant · July 13, 1968
- LEONARD ADRIAN BIRDFirst Lieutenant · July 13, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER LEONARD BURTONLance Corporal · July 13, 1968
- STEVEN L BYINGTONSpecialist Four · July 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL NAVE ARNEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 52W, Line 17
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.