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VIRGIL JUNIOR WEBB
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 5, 1942 – September 27, 1968
Service recordVirgil Junior Webb, of Marysville, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 33
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Marysville, Ohio (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 42W, Line 33
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SMITH JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 27, 1968
- EFRAIN SOTO SRPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
- HERBERT GORDAN TAYLORCorporal · September 27, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE VAUGHNCorporal · September 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LESTER LAWTONCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 30
- CHARLES JOSEPH L MASONPrivate · Panel 42W, Line 30
- PHILIP DALLAM REEDERPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 32
From Marysville
- CHARLES GEORGE BOWERSMITHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- MICHELE MCCORD ROSEBERRYLance Corporal · January 20, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD KANDELLance Corporal · July 30, 1968
- JOHN EDWIN HISEYCorporal · July 29, 1969
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.