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THEODORE WOOD WEBB
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 12, 1945 – September 16, 1969
Service recordTheodore Wood Webb, of Swoope, Virginia, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 99
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Defense Missile Unit Commander (1180)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Swoope, Virginia (Augusta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 99
- JAMES MONROE WILLARDSergeant · September 16, 1969
- ROBSON WARD WILLSFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1969
- WILLARD EUGENE WILSONSergeant · September 16, 1969
- LESLIE MORGAN ALYHospitalman · September 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY LEWIS OGRENStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 96
- JAMES LENVER SELDONPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 98
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.