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STEVEN CHARLES WEBB
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 16, 1948 – July 13, 1969
Service recordSteven Charles Webb, of Ewing, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 114
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Ewing, Illinois (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 114
- RICHARD DEAN SCHWIDERSKISpecialist Five · July 13, 1969
- CLIFFORD WAYNE WEEKLEYSpecialist Five · July 13, 1969
- GEORGE ALLEN WORKSecond Lieutenant · July 13, 1969
- ROBERT EARL WORRELLSpecialist Four · July 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GRAHAM HENRY HOWISONSergeant First Class · Panel 21W, Line 112
- WILLIAM TORBERT MARTINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 21W, Line 113
- CLIFFORD WAYNE WEEKLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 114
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.