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OWEN H WEBSTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 19, 1947 – August 20, 1967
Service recordOwen H Webster, of Vinalhaven, Maine, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Vinalhaven, Maine (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 51
- LARRY JAMES GRICELance Corporal · August 27, 1967
- ROBERT FREDERICK HAINESStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN JACOBSPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- CLAUDE RAY JAMESLance Corporal · August 27, 1967
- BRUCE ALLAN JENSENLieutenant Colonel · August 27, 1967
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.