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ROBERT MITCHELL WEBB JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 11, 1945 – October 17, 1971
Service recordRobert Mitchell Webb JR, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 42
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1971; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 42
- PAUL AMOS STOKESLieutenant Commander · October 17, 1971
- ROBERT JAMESON BARTONFirst Lieutenant · October 18, 1971
- PATRICK JOHN BRESLINSpecialist Four · October 18, 1971
- WILLIAM EARL WHITEMAN IICaptain · October 19, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BARRY ALAN BOWMANCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 40
- JACK EDWARD SEARINGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 40
- ALVIS T BARRINGTON JRSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 41
- BARRY LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 41
- WALLACE JOSEPH DEPREOSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 41
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.