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ROBERT LEWIS WEBSTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 16, 1949 – March 6, 1970
Service recordRobert Lewis Webster, of Moline, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 90
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Moline, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 90
- CHARLES WHATLEYSpecialist Four · March 6, 1970
- JEFFREY LYNN WILSONLance Corporal · March 6, 1970
- KENT MARTIN ZERRSpecialist Five · March 6, 1970
- PAUL VERNON ADAMSSergeant · March 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WALTER LEE BECKWITH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 87
- OREN LEE CROOKSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 87
From Moline
- DENNIS WILLIAM BROWNSergeant · June 19, 1967
- ROLLEEN C SORIMPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- ROGER ELLIS JARVISSergeant First Class · October 16, 1967
- LEROY ALPHUS ROSTPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- LEROY FLOYD SCHYSKAPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- STEPHEN C MOSELEYSergeant · December 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JAY WARRENFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- RAYMOND ROBERT VARNER JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- RICKY JEROME ALMANZACorporal · September 3, 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.